Saitissus

Saitissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Saitissus
Roewer, 1938
Species:
S. squamosus
Binomial name
Saitissus squamosus
Roewer, 1938

Saitissus is a monotypic genus of Papuan jumping spiders containing the single species, Saitissus squamosus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1938, and is found only in Papua New Guinea. The genus name is derived from the similar genus Saitis. The species name is Latin for "scaly".

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