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Chalcoscirtus

Chalcoscirtus
Vincent Chalcoscirtus diminutus male 01.jpg
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
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, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:



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