Chalcoscirtus | |
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Male Chalcoscirtus diminutus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: |
Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880 |
Type species | |
Callietherus infimus Simon, 1868 |
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Diversity | |
45 species |
Chalcoscirtus is a genus of spiders in the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Almost all species occur in Eurasia, with a few species found in North America.
The genus name is a compound of the Ancient Greek roots chalc- "copper" and scirt- "leap".
As of February 2017[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: