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'''''Ascyltus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Salticidae|jumping spiders]] in the family Salticidae that was first described by [[Ferdinand Karsch|Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch]] in 1878.<ref name=Kars1878>{{cite journal| last=Karsch| first=F.| year=1878| title=Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis| journal=Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins| pages=22–32| volume=2| author-link=Ferdinand_Karsch}}</ref> As of 2020, this Genus contained 10 species and is a part of the largest family of spiders. [3] |
'''''Ascyltus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Salticidae|jumping spiders]] in the family Salticidae that was first described by [[Ferdinand Karsch|Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch]] in 1878.<ref name=Kars1878>{{cite journal| last=Karsch| first=F.| year=1878| title=Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis| journal=Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins| pages=22–32| volume=2| author-link=Ferdinand_Karsch}}</ref> As of 2020, this Genus contained 10 species and is a part of the largest family of spiders. [3] The Ascyltus spiders utilize their vision in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Like other jumping spiders in their family Ascyltus often move relatively slow. However, they are capable of agile jumps when hunting or to avoid predators. They have well developed book lungs and tracheal systems, and they are capable of utilizing both systems (bimodal breathing). Ascyltus have three rows of eyes. Like other spiders in their family, the anterior median pair is particularly large. One distinguishable characteristic of the Ascyltus include their antero-lateral carapace, which is iridescently colored.[4] |
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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: | Ascyltus Karsch, 1878[1] |
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| A. pterygodes (L. Koch, 1865)
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Ascyltus is a genus of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1878.[2] As of 2020, this Genus contained 10 species and is a part of the largest family of spiders. [3] The Ascyltus spiders utilize their vision in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Like other jumping spiders in their family Ascyltus often move relatively slow. However, they are capable of agile jumps when hunting or to avoid predators. They have well developed book lungs and tracheal systems, and they are capable of utilizing both systems (bimodal breathing). Ascyltus have three rows of eyes. Like other spiders in their family, the anterior median pair is particularly large. One distinguishable characteristic of the Ascyltus include their antero-lateral carapace, which is iridescently colored.[4]
Species
As of June 2019[update] it contains ten species, found only in Oceania, on the Pacific Islands, and Sulawesi:[1]
- Ascyltus asper (Karsch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales), New Caledonia
- Ascyltus audax (Rainbow, 1897) – Tuvalu (Funafuti)
- Ascyltus divinus Karsch, 1878 – Australia (Queensland), Fiji
- Ascyltus ferox (Rainbow, 1897) – Tuvalu (Funafuti)
- Ascyltus lautus (Keyserling, 1881) – New Guinea, Samoa
- Ascyltus minahassae Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Ascyltus opulentus (Walckenaer, 1837) – Tonga
- Ascyltus pterygodes (L. Koch, 1865) (type) – Pacific Is.
- Ascyltus rhizophora Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Fiji
- Ascyltus similis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Fiji, Samoa
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Ascyltus Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis". Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins. 2: 22–32.
3. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/statistics/ [retrieved 15 April 2020]
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