Phintelloides
| Phintelloides | |
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| female P. versicolor from Thailand | |
| male P. versicolor from Malaysia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Phintelloides Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| Chrysilla jesudasi (Caleb & Mathai, 2014)
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| Species | |
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11, see text | |
Phintelloides is a genus of Asian jumping spiders erected by N. Kanesharatnam and Benjamin in 2019 after a molecular phylogenetic study of similar Asian Salticidae species. The single most likely cladogram shows that Phintelloides is sister to Phintella, with Proszynskia sister to both:
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The name is a combination of the "Phintell", referring to the genus Phintella, and the Latin suffix "-oides", meaning "like".