Avitus (spider)

Avitus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.

Species

it contains six species, found in Brazil, Panama, Argentina, and on the Greater Antilles:

• Avitus anumbi <small>Mello-Leitão, 1940</small> – Brazil
• Avitus castaneonotatus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1939</small> – Argentina
• Avitus diolenii <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1896</small> (type) – Panama
• Avitus longidens <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Argentina
• Avitus taylori <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)</small> – Jamaica
• Avitus variabilis <small>Mello-Leitão, 1945</small> – Argentina

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