Stagetillus is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders containing the single species, Stagetillus opaciceps. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885,[2] and is found in Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia.[1]
| Stagetillus | |
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| Female Stagetillus sp. in Malaysia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Stagetillus Simon, 1885[1] |
| Species: | S. opaciceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Stagetillus opaciceps Simon, 1885
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Females are 6 mm (1⁄4 in) long, while males can grow up to 8 mm (1⁄3 in).[3] The carapace is a shiny yellowish-red with two dark stripes on the sides. The very narrow, long abdomen is dark purplish with elongated white marks on the sides and a transverse white mark near the spinnerets. The legs are yellow, except for the very robust front pair, which is dark with yellow tarsi.
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Stagetillus Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Simon, E. (1885). "Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 29: 30–39.
- ^ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society.
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