Spartaeus

Spartaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Spartaeinae
Genus:	Spartaeus Thorell, 1891
Type species
Boethus spinimanus Thorell, 1878
Species
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Diversity
14 species

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Spartaeus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Fourteen accepted species are included in to the genus.

The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.

The members of the genus build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, these spiders wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.

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