Asaracus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.[2]
| Asaracus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 | |
| Species | |
5, see text | |
Species
As of June 2019[update] it contains five species, found only in Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil:[1]
- Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil
- Asaracus modestissimus (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
- Asaracus rufociliatus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil, Guyana
- Asaracus semifimbriatus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
- Asaracus venezuelicus (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela