Genus of spiders
Hyllus genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most species occur in Africa and Madagascar , with many in Australasia and north to India . H. insularis is found in Greece and Iran , but it is considered misplaced in this genus,[ 1] Evarcha insularis .[ 2]
Description
They are medium to large spiders, commonly mistaken by those in the genus Evarcha median eyes formed by long bristles . They have a rounded carapace , which is larger than the eye field. Those in the genus Evarcha are usually smaller and their carapace is thinner.[ 3]
Hyllus semicupreus
Name
Hyllus was the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology.
Species
As of October 2022[update] World Spider Catalog accepted these species:[ 2]
Hyllus acutus (Blackwall , 1877) – Comoro Islands , Seychelles Hyllus aegyptiacus (Denis, 1947) – EgyptHyllus africanus Lessert, 1927 – Congo Basin Hyllus albofasciatus Thorell , 1899Cameroon Hyllus albomarginatus (Lenz, 1886) – Madagascar Hyllus albooculatus (Vinson, 1863) – MadagascarHyllus alboplagiatus Thorell, 1899 – CameroonHyllus angustivulvus Caporiacco, 1940 – EthiopiaHyllus argyrotoxus Simon , 1902West , East , Southern Africa Hyllus atroniveus Caporiacco, 1940 – EthiopiaHyllus aubryi (Lucas , 1858) – Gabon Hyllus bifasciatus Ono, 1993 – MadagascarHyllus bos (Sundevall , 1833) – IndiaHyllus brevitarsis Simon, 1902 – AfricaHyllus congoensis Lessert, 1927 – Ivory Coast , CongoHyllus cornutus (Blackwall, 1866) – AfricaHyllus decellei Wanless & Clark, 1975Hyllus decoratus Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar Hyllus deyrollei (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon, Ivory CoastHyllus diardi (Walckenaer , 1837) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China to Indonesia (Java )Hyllus dotatus (Peckham & Peckham , 1903) – Sudan to Southern Africa, Yemen Hyllus duplicidentatus Caporiacco, 1941 – EthiopiaHyllus flavescens Simon, 1902 – South AfricaHyllus giganteus C. L. Koch, 1846 – Sumatra to Australia Hyllus gulosus (Simon, 1877) – Philippines Hyllus holochalceus Simon, 1910 – Bioko Hyllus ignotus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory CoastHyllus interrogationis (Strand, 1907) – MadagascarHyllus jallae Pavesi, 1897 – AfricaHyllus juanensis Strand, 1907 – Mozambique Hyllus keratodes (Hasselt, 1882) – SumatraHyllus leucomelas (Lucas, 1858) – West, Central AfricaHyllus longiusculus (Thorell, 1899) – CameroonHyllus lugubris (Vinson, 1863) – MadagascarHyllus lwoffi Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Ivory CoastHyllus madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) – MadagascarHyllus manu John T. D. Caleb, Christudhas A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M, 2014 – Chennai Hyllus maskaranus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesHyllus minahassae Merian, 1911 – SulawesiHyllus mniszechi (Lucas, 1858) – GabonHyllus multiaculeatus Caporiacco, 1949 – KenyaHyllus nebulosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – BorneoHyllus nigeriensis (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012) – NigeriaHyllus nummularis (Gerstäcker , 1873) – Zanzibar Hyllus peckhamorum Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory CoastHyllus plexippoides Simon, 1906 – Ivory Coast to Egypt Hyllus pudicus Thorell, 1895 – India, MyanmarHyllus pulcherrimus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – BorneoHyllus qishuoi Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017 – ChinaHyllus ramadanii (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – TanzaniaHyllus remotus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – NigeriaHyllus robinsoni Hogg, 1919 – SumatraHyllus rotundithorax Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – TanzaniaHyllus sansibaricus Roewer , 1951Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885) – India, Sri LankaHyllus senegalensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) – SenegalHyllus shanhonghani Lin & Li, 2022 – ChinaHyllus solus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory CoastHyllus stigmatias (L. Koch , 1875) – EthiopiaHyllus suillus Thorell, 1899 – CameroonHyllus thoracicus (Thorell, 1899) – CameroonHyllus treleaveni Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – Central, East, Southern AfricaHyllus tuberculatus Wanless & Clark, 1975 – Ivory CoastHyllus unicolor Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory CoastHyllus viduatus Caporiacco, 1940 – EthiopiaHyllus vinsoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – MadagascarHyllus walckenaeri (White, 1846) – Borneo, Sulawesi
References
Further reading
Logunov, D.V. (2001): New and poorly known species of the jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae) from Afghanistan, Iran and Crete. Arthropoda Selecta 10 : 59–66.Caleb, J. T. D., Christudhas, A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M (2014): A new species of Hyllus from India
Metzner, H. (1999): Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14 : 1–279.
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