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Ascyltus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Ascyltus
Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species
A. pterygodes
(L. Koch, 1865)
Species

10, see text

Ascyltus are 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 [3] and is a part of the largest family of spiders. The Ascyltus spiders utilize their vision in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Ascyltus are usually large to medium sized Salticids and often move relatively slow. However, they are capable of agile jumps when moving, 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]


Distinguishing characteristics

Ascyltus spiders are easy to distinguish from others because of the eye patterns that are associated with the Salticidae family.

Species

As of June 2019 it contains ten species, found only in Oceania, on the Pacific Islands, and Sulawesi:[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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/specieslist/2513 [retrieved 15 April 2020]


4. Berry, J. W; Joseph A. B.; Jerzy, P. (1997). "Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. II. Distribution of nine genera, with descriptions of eleven new species". Journal of Arachnology .111 (3): 109-136.