Pharacocerus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] Males are about 4 to 6 millimetres (0.16 to 0.24 in) long, and they are likely related to Plexippus.[3]
| Pharacocerus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pharacocerus Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. sessor Simon, 1902
| |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
Species
editAs of August 2019[update] it contains seven species and two subspecies, found only in Africa:[1]
- Pharacocerus castaneiceps Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
- Pharacocerus ebenauensis Strand, 1908 – Madagascar
- Pharacocerus ephippiatus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
- Pharacocerus fagei Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast
- Pharacocerus f. soudanensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
- Pharacocerus f. verdieri Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- Pharacocerus rubrocomatus Simon, 1910 – Congo
- Pharacocerus sessor Simon, 1902 (type) – Madagascar
- Pharacocerus xanthopogon Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Pharacocerus Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 71: 389–421.
- ^ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society.
 | This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |