Chalcoscirtus
Encyclopedia
Chalcoscirtus is a spider
genus
of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Almost all species occur in Eurasia
, with a few species found in North America
.
roots chalc- "copper" and scirt- "leap".
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Almost all species occur in Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
, with a few species found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Name
The genus name is a compound of the Ancient GreekAncient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
roots chalc- "copper" and scirt- "leap".
Species
- Chalcoscirtus alpicola (L. KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
, 1876) (Holarctic) - Chalcoscirtus ansobicus Andreeva, 1976 (Tajikistan)
- Chalcoscirtus atratus (Thorell, 1875) (Europe)
- Chalcoscirtus bortolgois Logunov & Marusik, 1999 (Mongolia)
- Chalcoscirtus brevicymbialis Wunderlich, 1980 (Germany, Austria to Kazakhstan)
- Chalcoscirtus carbonarius EmertonJames Henry EmertonJames Henry Emerton was an American arachnologist.-Early life:Emerton was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1847. He was rather frail, and a young helper in his father's drug store, George F. Markoe, interested the boy in outdoor life...
, 1917 (USA, Canada, Russia) - Chalcoscirtus catherinae Prószyński, 2000 (Egypt, Israel)
- Chalcoscirtus charynensis Logunov & Marusik, 1999 (Kazakhstan)
- Chalcoscirtus diminutus (BanksNathan BanksNathan Banks was an American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina . He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA...
, 1896) (USA) - Chalcoscirtus flavipes Caporiacco, 1935 (Tajikistan, Karakorum)
- Chalcoscirtus fulvus Saito, 1939 (Japan)
- Chalcoscirtus glacialis Caporiacco, 1935 (Russia to India and Alaska)
- Chalcoscirtus glacialis sibiricus Marusik, 1991 (Russia)
- Chalcoscirtus grishkanae Marusik, 1988 (Russia)
- Chalcoscirtus helverseni Metzner, 1999 (Greece)
- Chalcoscirtus hosseinieorum Logunov, Marusik & Mozaffarian, 2002 (Iran)
- Chalcoscirtus hyperboreus Marusik, 1991 (Russia)
- Chalcoscirtus infimus (SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1868) (Southern, Central Europe to Central Asia) - Chalcoscirtus iranicus Logunov & Marusik, 1999 (Iran)
- Chalcoscirtus janetscheki (Denis, 1957) (Spain)
- Chalcoscirtus jerusalemicus Prószyński, 2000 (Israel)
- Chalcoscirtus kamchik Marusik, 1991 (Uzbekistan)
- Chalcoscirtus karakurt Marusik, 1991 (Central Asia)
- Chalcoscirtus kirghisicus Marusik, 1991 (Kyrgyzstan)
- Chalcoscirtus koponeni Logunov & Marusik, 1999 (Russia)
- Chalcoscirtus lepidus Wesolowska, 1996 (Central Asia)
- Chalcoscirtus martensi Zabka, 1980 (Central Asia, Nepal, India, China)
- Chalcoscirtus michailovi Logunov & Marusik, 1999 (Kazakhstan)
- Chalcoscirtus minutus Marusik, 1990 (Tajikistan)
- Chalcoscirtus molo Marusik, 1991 (Kyrgyzstan)
- Chalcoscirtus nenilini Marusik, 1990 (Kyrgyzstan)
- Chalcoscirtus nigritus (Thorell, 1875) (Palearctic)
- Chalcoscirtus paraansobicus Marusik, 1990 (Central Asia)
- Chalcoscirtus parvulus Marusik, 1991 (Turkey to Central Asia)
- Chalcoscirtus platnicki Marusik, 1995 (Kazakhstan)
- Chalcoscirtus pseudoinfimus Ovtsharenko, 1978 (Georgia)
- Chalcoscirtus rehobothicus (StrandEmbrik StrandEmbrik Strand was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula....
, 1915) (Israel) - Chalcoscirtus sublestus (BlackwallJohn BlackwallJohn Blackwall was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death...
, 1867) (Madeira) - Chalcoscirtus talturaensis Logunov & Marusik, 2000 (Russia)
- Chalcoscirtus tanasevichi Marusik, 1991 (Central Asia)
- Chalcoscirtus tanyae Logunov & Marusik, 1999 (Russia)
- Chalcoscirtus vietnamensis Zabka, 1985 (Vietnam)
- Chalcoscirtus zyuzini Marusik, 1991 (Central Asia)