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Tylogonus

Tylogonus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. It is considered a senior synonym of Phintodes.

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Length
214 w
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Source
Tylogonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tylogonus
Simon, 19021
Type species
T. auricapillus
Simon, 1902
Species

11, see text

Synonyms1

Tylogonus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.3 It is considered a senior synonym of Phintodes.2

Species

As of August 2019 it contains eleven species, found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama:1

  • Tylogonus auricapillus Simon, 1902 (type) – Ecuador
  • Tylogonus chiriqui Galiano, 1994Panama
  • Tylogonus miles Simon, 1903Venezuela
  • Tylogonus parabolicus Galiano, 1985Colombia
  • Tylogonus parvus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador
  • Tylogonus pichincha Galiano, 1985 – Ecuador
  • Tylogonus prasinus Simon, 1902Brazil
  • Tylogonus putumayo Galiano, 1985 – Colombia
  • Tylogonus vachoni Galiano, 1960 – Brazil
  • Tylogonus viridimicans (Simon, 1901) – Ecuador
  • Tylogonus yanayacu Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Tylogonus Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. Galiano, M. E. (1985). "Tres nuevas especies de Tylogonus Simon, 1902 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Historia natural, Corrientes. 5: 153.
  3. Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 46: 363–406.