Saitis is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as Maratus.
Species
it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide:
- Saitis annae <small>Cockerell, 1894</small> â Jamaica
- Saitis aranukanus <small>Roewer, 1944</small> â Kiribati (Gilbert Is.)
- Saitis ariadneae <small>Logunov, 2001</small> â Greece (Crete)
- Saitis auberti <small>Berland, 1938</small> â Vanuatu
- Saitis barbipes <small>(Simon, 1868)</small> (type) â Northern Africa, southern Europe to Turkey
- Saitis berlandi <small>Roewer, 1951</small> â Vanuatu
- Saitis breviusculus <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Gabon
- Saitis catulus <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Venezuela
- Saitis chaperi <small>Simon, 1885</small> â India, Sri Lanka
- Saitis cupidon <small>(Simon, 1885)</small> â New Caledonia
- Saitis cyanipes <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Brazil
- Saitis graecus <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1905</small> â Albania, Greece, Bulgaria
- Saitis imitatus <small>(Simon, 1868)</small> â Croatia, Montenegro
- Saitis insectus <small>(Hogg, 1896)</small> â Central Australia
- Saitis insulanus <small>Rainbow, 1920</small> â Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
- Saitis kandyensis <small>Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013</small> â Sri Lanka
- Saitis lacustris <small>Hickman, 1944</small> â Central Australia
- Saitis latifrons <small>Caporiacco, 1928</small> â Libya
- Saitis magniceps <small>(Keyserling, 1882)</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Saitis marcusi <small>Soares & Camargo, 1948</small> â Brazil
- Saitis mutans <small>Otto & Hill, 2012</small> â Australia (New South Wales)
- Saitis nanus <small>Soares & Camargo, 1948</small> â Brazil
- Saitis perplexides <small>(Strand, 1908)</small> â Jamaica
- Saitis relucens <small>(Thorell, 1877)</small> â Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Saitis sengleti <small>(Metzner, 1999)</small> â Greece (incl. Crete)
- Saitis signatus <small>(Keyserling, 1883)</small> â Unknown
- Saitis spinosus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1945)</small> â Argentina
- Saitis splendidus <small>(Walckenaer, 1837)</small> â Timor
- Saitis taeniatus <small>Keyserling, 1883</small> â Australia
- Saitis tauricus <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1905</small> â Italy, Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine
- Saitis variegatus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1941</small> â Argentina
- Saitis virgatus <small>Otto & Hill, 2012</small> â Australia (New South Wales)
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