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Sassacus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
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Name
The genus is probably named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th century.
Species
- Sassacus alboguttatus (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) — Mexico
- Sassacus arcuatus Simon, 1901 — Brazil
- Sassacus arcuatus Simon, 1901 — Brazil
- Sassacus aurantiacus Simon, 1901 — Brazil
- Sassacus aztecus Richman, 2008 — Mexico
- Sassacus barbipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) — USA to Costa Rica
- Sassacus biaccentuatus Simon, 1901 — Paraguay
- Sassacus cyaneus (Hentz, 1846) — USA
- Sassacus dissimilis Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Argentina
- Sassacus flavicinctus Crane, 1949 — Venezuela
- Sassacus glyphochelis Bauab, 1979 — Brazil
- Sassacus helenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Brazil
- Sassacus lirios Richman, 2008 — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Sassacus ocellatus Crane, 1949 — Venezuela
- Sassacus paiutus (Gertsch, 1934) — USA
- Sassacus papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895 — USA
- Sassacus resplendens Simon, 1901 — Venezuela
- Sassacus samalayucae Richman, 2008 — Mexico
- Sassacus sexspinosus (Caporiacco, 1955) — Venezuela
- Sassacus trochilus Simon, 1901 — Brazil
- Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894) — USA, Mexico
References
- Richman, David B. (2008): Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America. Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 26-48. doi:10.1636/H07-03.1 Full Article
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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