Peplometus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2] As of August 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Africa: P. biscutellatus and P. chlorophthalmus.[1]

Peplometus
Peplometus biscutellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Peplometus
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
P. biscutellatus
(Simon, 1887)
Species

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Peplometus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 381–407.