Neobrettus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Neobrettus
Wanless, 1984[1]
Type species
N. tibialis
(Prószyński, 1978)
Species

6, see text

Neobrettus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.[2] The name is a combination of the prefix "neo-" and the salticid genus Brettus.

Species

As of July 2019 it contains six species, found only in Asia:[1]

  • Neobrettus cornutus Deeleman-Reinhold & Floren, 2003Borneo
  • Neobrettus heongi Barrion & Barrion-Dupo, 2013China
  • Neobrettus nangalisagus Barrion, 2001Philippines
  • Neobrettus phui Zabka, 1985Vietnam
  • Neobrettus tibialis (Prószyński, 1978) (type) – Bhutan to Malaysia, Borneo
  • Neobrettus xanthophyllum Deeleman-Reinhold & Floren, 2003 – Borneo

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Neobrettus Wanless, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  2. Wanless, F. R. (1984). "A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with descriptions of six new genera". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 46: 135–205. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15964.


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