Pharacocerus

Pharacocerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pharacocerus
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
P. sessor
Simon, 1902
Species

7, see text

Pharacocerus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] Males are about 4 to 6 millimetres (0.16 to 0.24 in) long, and they are likely related to Plexippus.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 71: 389–421.
  3. ^ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society.