Erasinus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
All three described species are only known from males. Simon thought that they were close to Viciria. Judging from the shape of the male palp of E. gracilis, it belongs to the same genus as Epeus, which was split from Viciria in 1984.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 284
Erasinus labiatus was transferred to Portia by Fred R. Wanless in 1978.Platnick 2007
Name Erasinos was a river god of Arkadia and Argos in southern Greece.ERASINUS: River god of Argolis in Greece; Greek mythology : ERASINOS
Species Erasinus flagellifer Simon, 1899 – Sumatra Erasinus flavibarbis Simon, 1902 – Java Erasinus gracilis Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Footnotes
References (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.