Anasaitis Explained

Anasaitis is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950.^[1] The name is derived from the salticid genus Saitis.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[2]

• Anasaitis adorabilis Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
• Anasaitis arcuatus (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba
• Anasaitis banksi (Roewer, 1951) – Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
• Anasaitis brunneus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
• Anasaitis canalis (Chamberlin, 1925) – Panama, Colombia
• Anasaitis canosus (Walckenaer, 1837) – USA, Cuba
• Anasaitis champetera Galvis, Zapata-M & Malumbres-Olarte, 2020 – Colombia
• Anasaitis cubanus (Roewer, 1951) – Cuba
• Anasaitis decoris Bryant, 1950 – Jamaica
• Anasaitis elegantissimus (Simon, 1888) – Hispaniola
• Anasaitis emertoni (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
• Anasaitis gloriae (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
• Anasaitis hebetatus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
• Anasaitis laxus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Hispaniola
• Anasaitis locuples (Simon, 1888) – Hispaniola
• Anasaitis milesae Logunov, 2024 – Presumably Caribbean. Introduced to Britain
• Anasaitis morgani (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) (type species) – Jamaica, Hispaniola
• Anasaitis peckhami (Petrunkevitch, 1914) – Dominican Rep.
• Anasaitis perplexus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica, Hispaniola
• Anasaitis placidus (Bryant, 1947) – Puerto Rico (Mona Is.)
• Anasaitis scintillus Bryant, 1950 – Jamaica
• Anasaitis squamatus (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba, Turks & Caicos
• Anasaitis venatorius (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica

Notes and References

1. Bryant. E. B.. 1950. The salticid spiders of Jamaica. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 163–209. 103.
2. Gen. Anasaitis Bryant, 1950. World Spider Catalog Version 25.0. 2024-04-27. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.