Selimus is a monotypic genus of Brazilian jumping spiders containing the single species, Selimus venustus. It was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1901,[2] known from a single male found in Brazil.[1] The species name is derived from Latin venustus "charming".[2]
| Selimus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Selimus Peckham & Peckham, 1901[1] |
| Species: | S. venustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Selimus venustus Peckham & Peckham, 1901
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In 2006 Michael Saaristo erroneously erected a genus of the same name in the family Theridiidae for the species Anelosimus placens.
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Selimus Peckham & Peckham, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ a b Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1901). "Spiders of the Phidippus group of the family Attidae". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 13: 282–358.
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