Protaeus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae.
Distribution
Protaeus is endemic to China.
Etymology
The genus is named after Proteus, because of the "shape-shifting", variable nature of this genus' tibial apophyses.
Species
, this genus includes six species:
- Protaeus dracosquamus <small>Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025</small> â China
- Protaeus forcipiformis <small>(Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017)</small> â China
- Protaeus gulliwingus <small>Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025</small> â China
- Protaeus jianfeng <small>(Song & Zhu, 1998)</small> â China (Hainan)
- Protaeus nyarlathotep <small>Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025</small> â China
- Protaeus shiwandashan <small>(Wang, Mi, Li & Xu, 2024)</small> â China
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