Aelurillus

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Aelurillus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Aelurillus Simon, 1884

Species

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

Aelurillus catches and feeds on ants (myrmecophagy).

1 Distribution
2 Species
3 Literature
4 External links

[edit] Distribution

Aelurillus occurs in the Palaearctic and Africa, with a few species known from India (A. improvisus, A. minimontanus) and Sri Lanka (A. kronestedti, A. quadrimaculatus). Aelurillus subfestivus and A. subfestivus are found in Japan.

[edit] Species

Aelurillus aeruginosus (Simon, 1871) (Mediterranean)
Aelurillus andreevae Nenilin, 1984 (Central Asia)
Aelurillus angularis Prószyn'ski, 2000 (Israel)
Aelurillus ater (Kroneberg, 1875) (Central Asia)
Aelurillus basseleti (Lucas, 1846) (Algeria, Tunisia)
Aelurillus blandus (Simon, 1871) (Greece, Crete)
Aelurillus bokerinus Prószyn'ski, 2003 (Israel)
Aelurillus brutus Wesolowska, 1996 (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan)
Aelurillus catherinae Prószyn'ski, 2000 (Egypt)
Aelurillus catus Simon, 1885 (Senegal)
Aelurillus cognatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Lebanon)
Aelurillus concolor Kulczyn'ski, 1901 (Macedonia, Iran, Central Asia)
Aelurillus conveniens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Egypt, Israel, Syria)
Aelurillus cretensis Azarkina, 2002 (Crete)
Aelurillus cristatopalpus Simon, 1902 (South Africa)
Aelurillus dorthesi (Audouin, 1826) (Egypt)
Aelurillus dubatolovi Azarkina, 2003 (Central Asia)
Aelurillus faragallai Prószyn'ski, 1993 (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
Aelurillus gershomi Prószyn'ski, 2000 (Israel)
Aelurillus guecki Metzner, 1999 (Greece)
Aelurillus helvenacius Logunov, 1993 (Mongolia)
Aelurillus hirtipes Denis, 1960 (North Africa)
Aelurillus improvisus Azarkina, 2002 (India)
Aelurillus jerusalemicus Prószyn'ski, 2000 (Israel)
Aelurillus kochi Roewer, 1951 (Greece, Israel, Syria)
Aelurillus kopetdaghi Wesolowska, 1996 (Turkmenistan)
Aelurillus kronestedti Azarkina, 2004 (Sri Lanka)
Aelurillus laniger Logunov & Marusik, 2000 (Kazakhstan)
Aelurillus latebricola Spassky, 1941 (Tajikistan)
Aelurillus leipoldae (Metzner, 1999) (Crete)
Aelurillus logunovi Azarkina, 2004 (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
Aelurillus lopadusae Cantarella, 1983 (Italy, Algeria)
Aelurillus lucasi Roewer, 1951 (Canary Is., Salvages)
Aelurillus luctuosus (Lucas, 1846) (Mediterranean to Turkmenistan)
Aelurillus lutosus (Tyschchenko, 1965) (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
Aelurillus marusiki Azarkina, 2002 (Iran)
Aelurillus minimontanus Azarkina, 2002 (India)
Aelurillus minutus Azarkina, 2002 (Syria)
Aelurillus m-nigrum Kulczyn'ski, 1891 (Palearctic)
Aelurillus monardi (Lucas, 1846) (Mediterranean)
Aelurillus muganicus Dunin, 1984 (Azerbaijan)
Aelurillus nabataeus Prószyn'ski, 2003 (Israel)
Aelurillus nenilini Azarkina, 2002 (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan)
Aelurillus numidicus (Lucas, 1846) (Algeria)
Aelurillus plumipes (Thorell, 1875) (Algeria, Tunisia)
Aelurillus politiventris (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Greece to Israel)
Aelurillus quadrimaculatus Simon, 1889 (India, Sri Lanka)
Aelurillus reconditus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 (Yemen)
Aelurillus rugatus (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) (Tanzania)
Aelurillus sahariensis Berland & Millot, 1941 (Mali)
Aelurillus schembrii Cantarella, 1982 (Sicily, Malta)
Aelurillus simoni (Lebert, 1877) (Switzerland)
Aelurillus simplex (Herman, 1879) (Hungary)
Aelurillus spinicrus (Simon, 1871) (Morocco)
Aelurillus steinmetzi Metzner, 1999 (Greece)
Aelurillus steliosi Dobroruka, 2002 (Crete)
Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco, 1947 (Ethiopia)
Aelurillus subfestivus Saito, 1934 (Japan)
Aelurillus unitibialis Azarkina, 2002 (Iran)
Aelurillus v-insignitus (Clerck, 1757) (Palearctic)
- Aelurillus v-insignitus morulus (Simon, 1937) (France)
- Aelurillus v-insignitus obsoletus Kulczyn'ski, 1891 (Eastern Europe)

[edit] Literature

Li, D., Jackson, R. R. and Harland, D. P (1999). Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Aelurillus aeruginosus, A. cognatus and A. kochi , ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Israel. Isr. J. Zool 45, 341-.
Azarkina G. N. 2004.Two new species of the genus Aelurillus Simon, 1884 from Pakistan and Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 13 (2):49-52
Szűts, T. & Azarkina, G. (2002) Redescription of Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco, 1947 (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 94: 209-216. (PDF)