Jotus is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders), native to Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia.[1][2][3] There are thought to be many as yet undescribed species in southern Australia.[2]
Jotus | |
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Jotus auripes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Jotus L. Koch, 1881[1] |
Type species | |
Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881
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Species | |
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Species
editAs of December 2020[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Jotus albimanus Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881 (type species) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Jotus braccatus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
- Jotus debilis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Jotus fortiniae Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
- Jotus frosti Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (Victoria, South Australia)
- Jotus insulanus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Island)
- Jotus karllagerfeldi Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
- Jotus maculivertex Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Kei Islands)
- Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
- Jotus moonensis Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
- Jotus newtoni Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
- Jotus ravus (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
- Jotus remus Otto & Hill, 2016 – Australia (New South Wales)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Jotus L. Koch , 1881 - Taxon details". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ a b Otto, Jürgen C; Hill, David E (2016). "Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini)". Peckhamia. 133 (1): 1–39. ISSN 2161-8526.
- ^ Baehr, Barbara C.; Schubert, Joseph; Harms, Danilo (2019). "The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia". Evolutionary Systematics. 3 (1): 53–73. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496.