Psenuc
| Psenuc | |
|---|---|
| female P. dependens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Psenuc Prószyński, 2016[1] |
| Type species | |
| Psenuc vesporum (Prószyński, 1992)
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| Species | |
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Psenuc is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2016 by Prószyński.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Psenuc was one of a number of new genera erected by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016, largely for species formerly placed in Pseudicius. Prószyński placed these genera in his informal group "pseudiciines", with Pseudicius as the representative genus.[2] In Wayne Maddison's 2015 classification of the family Salticidae, Pseudicius, broadly circumscribed, is placed in the tribe Chrysillini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.[3]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes thirteen species:[1]
- Psenuc courti (Żabka, 1993) – Papua New Guinea
- Psenuc dentatus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) – Mozambique, South Africa
- Psenuc dependens (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011) – South Africa
- Psenuc hongkong (Song, Xie, Zhu & Wu, 1997) – China
- Psenuc lalawa Dhiya'ulhaq, 2025 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Psenuc manillaensis (Prószyński, 1992) – Philippines
- Psenuc milledgei (Żabka & Gray, 2002) – Western Australia
- Psenuc nuclearis (Prószyński, 1992) – Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands
- Psenuc originalis (Żabka, 1985) – Vietnam
- Psenuc solitarius (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011) – Namibia, South Africa
- Psenuc solomonensis (Prószyński, 1992) – Solomon Islands
- Psenuc squamatus (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013) – Mozambique, South Africa
- Psenuc vesporum (Prószyński, 1992) – Philippines (type species)
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Psenuc Prószyński, 2016". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ Prószyński, J. (2016). "Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world". Ecologica Montenegrina. 7: 4–32. doi:10.37828/em.2016.7.1. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3): 231–292. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292. S2CID 85680279.
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