Colyttus Explained

Colyttus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.^[1] C. lehtinen is named in honor of Finnish arachnologist Pekka T. Lehtinen.

Species

it contains seven species, found only in Asia:^[2]

• Colyttus bilineatus Thorell, 1891 (type) – Indonesia (Sumatra, Moluccas)
• Colyttus kerinci (Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Colyttus lehtineni Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
• Colyttus nigriceps (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Colyttus proszynskii Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2018 – India
• Colyttus robustus Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Malaysia
• Colyttus striatus (Simon, 1902) – Borneo

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1891. Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 1–149. 24. 2. Tamerlan Thorell.
2. Gen. Colyttus Thorell, 1891. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.