Carrhotus

Carrhotus
male C. xanthogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Heliophaninae
Genus:	Carrhotus Thorell, 1891
Type species
Plexippus viduus C. L. Koch, 1846
Species
see text

Carrhotus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

The genus name is derived from the Greek Κάῤῥωτος, according to Thorell.

Species

• Carrhotus aeneochelis Strand, 1907 — Java
• Carrhotus affinis Caporiacco, 1934 — Libya
• Carrhotus barbatus (Karsch, 1880) — Philippines
• Carrhotus bellus Wanless, 1984 — Seychelles
• Carrhotus catagraphus Jastrzebski, 1999 — Nepal
• Carrhotus coronatus (Simon, 1885) — China, Vietnam to Java
• Carrhotus erus Jastrzebski, 1999 — Nepal
• Carrhotus harringtoni Prószyński, 1992 — Madagascar
• Carrhotus kamjeensis Jastrzebski, 1999 — Bhutan
• Carrhotus malayanus Prószyński, 1992 — Malaysia
• Carrhotus occidentalis (Denis, 1947) — Egypt
• Carrhotus olivaceus (Peckham & Peckham, 1907) — Borneo
• Carrhotus operosus Jastrzebski, 1999 — Nepal
• Carrhotus pulchellus (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar
• Carrhotus samchiensis Jastrzebski, 1999 — Bhutan
• Carrhotus sannio (Thorell, 1877) — India to Sulawesi
• Carrhotus scriptus Simon, 1902 — Gabon
• Carrhotus singularis Simon, 1902 — South Africa
• Carrhotus subaffinis Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia
• Carrhotus taprobanicus Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
• Carrhotus tristis Thorell, 1895 — India, Myanmar
• Carrhotus viduus (C. L. Koch, 1846) — India to China, Java
• Carrhotus xanthogramma (Latreille, 1819) — Palearctic

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carrhotus.

• Photograph of C. xanthogramma
• Photographs of C. xanthogramma

Further reading

• Tamerlan Thorell: 1892: Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1-490. p.406