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Jotus

Jotus is a spider genus of the family Salticidae, native to Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. There are thought to be many as yet undescribed species in southern Australia.

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Jotus
Jotus auripes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Jotus
L. Koch, 18811
Type species
Jotus auripes
L. Koch, 1881
Species

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Jotus is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders), native to Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia.123 There are thought to be many as yet undescribed species in southern Australia.2

Species

As of December 2020, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:1

  • Jotus albimanus Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881 (type species) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Jotus braccatus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Jotus debilis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Jotus fortiniae Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Jotus frosti Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (Victoria, South Australia)
  • Jotus insulanus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Island)
  • Jotus karllagerfeldi Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Jotus maculivertex Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Kei Islands)
  • Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Jotus moonensis Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Jotus newtoni Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Jotus ravus (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
  • Jotus remus Otto & Hill, 2016 – Australia (New South Wales)
References

References

  1. "Jotus L. Koch, 1881 - Taxon details". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  2. Otto, Jürgen C; Hill, David E (2016). "Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini)". Peckhamia. 133 (1): 1–39. ISSN 2161-8526.
  3. Baehr, Barbara C.; Schubert, Joseph; Harms, Danilo (2019). "The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia". Evolutionary Systematics. 3 (1): 53–73. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496.