Sassacus (spider)

Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.

Species

it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica:

• Sassacus alboguttatus <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)</small> – Mexico
• Sassacus arcuatus <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Brazil
• Sassacus aurantiacus <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Brazil
• Sassacus aztecus <small>Richman, 2008</small> – Mexico
• Sassacus barbipes <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1888)</small> – Mexico to Costa Rica
• Sassacus biaccentuatus <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Paraguay
• Sassacus cyaneus <small>(Hentz, 1846)</small> – USA
• Sassacus dissimilis <small>Mello-Leitão, 1941</small> – Argentina
• Sassacus flavicinctus <small>Crane, 1949</small> – Venezuela
• Sassacus glyphochelis <small>Bauab, 1979</small> – Brazil
• Sassacus helenicus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1943)</small> – Brazil
• Sassacus leucomystax <small>(Caporiacco, 1947)</small> – Guyana
• Sassacus lirios <small>Richman, 2008</small> – Mexico to Costa Rica
• Sassacus ocellatus <small>Crane, 1949</small> – Venezuela
• Sassacus paiutus <small>(Gertsch, 1934)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Sassacus papenhoei <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1895</small> (type) – North America
• Sassacus resplendens <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Venezuela
• Sassacus samalayucae <small>Richman, 2008</small> – Mexico
• Sassacus sexspinosus <small>(Caporiacco, 1955)</small> – Venezuela
• Sassacus trochilus <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Brazil
• Sassacus vitis <small>(Cockerell, 1894)</small> – Canada to Panama

References

External links

• Pictures of P. papenhoei