Spartaeus

Spartaeus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.

The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied. It is named after the son of the Rhodian nymph Himalia and Zeus in Greek mythology.

Species

it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia:

• Spartaeus abramovi <small>Logunov & Azarkina, 2008</small> – Vietnam
• Spartaeus bani <small>(Ikeda, 1995)</small> – Japan
• Spartaeus banthamus <small>Logunov & Azarkina, 2008</small> – Laos
• Spartaeus ellipticus <small>Bao & Peng, 2002</small> – Taiwan
• Spartaeus emeishan <small>Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007</small> – China
• Spartaeus forcipiformis <small>Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017</small> – China
• Spartaeus jaegeri <small>Logunov & Azarkina, 2008</small> – Laos
• Spartaeus jianfengensis <small>Song & Chai, 1991</small> – China
• Spartaeus karigiri <small>Caleb et al., 2025</small> – India
• Spartaeus noctivagus <small>Logunov & Azarkina, 2008</small> – Laos
• Spartaeus pinniformis <small>Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017</small> – China
• Spartaeus platnicki <small>Song, Chen & Gong, 1991</small> – China
• Spartaeus serratus <small>Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017</small> – China
• Spartaeus spinimanus <small>(Thorell, 1878)</small> (type) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Borneo, Sumbawa)
• Spartaeus tengchongensis <small>Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017</small> – China
• Spartaeus thailandicus <small>Wanless, 1984</small> – China, Thailand
• Spartaeus triapiculus <small>Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017</small> – China
• Spartaeus uplandicus <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
• Spartaeus wildtrackii <small>Wanless, 1987</small> – Malaysia
• Spartaeus zhangi <small>Peng & Li, 2002</small> – China, Laos

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