Saitissus is a monotypic genus of Papuan jumping spiders containing the single species, Saitissus squamosus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1938,[2] and is found only in Papua New Guinea.[1] The genus name is derived from the similar genus Saitis. The species name is Latin for "scaly".[2]

Saitissus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Saitissus
Roewer, 1938[1]
Species:
S. squamosus
Binomial name
Saitissus squamosus
Roewer, 1938

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Saitissus Roewer, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ a b Roewer, C. F. (1938), "Araneae", Résultats scientifiques du Voyage aux indes orientales néerlandaises de la SS