Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.
Species
it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica: Sassacus alboguttatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico Sassacus arcuatus Simon, 1901 – Brazil Sassacus aurantiacus Simon, 1901 – Brazil Sassacus aztecus Richman, 2008 – Mexico Sassacus barbipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – Mexico to Costa Rica Sassacus biaccentuatus Simon, 1901 – Paraguay Sassacus cyaneus (Hentz, 1846) – USA Sassacus dissimilis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina Sassacus flavicinctus Crane, 1949 – Venezuela Sassacus glyphochelis Bauab, 1979 – Brazil Sassacus helenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil Sassacus leucomystax (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana Sassacus lirios Richman, 2008 – Mexico to Costa Rica Sassacus ocellatus Crane, 1949 – Venezuela Sassacus paiutus (Gertsch, 1934) – USA, Mexico Sassacus papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895 (type) – North America Sassacus resplendens Simon, 1901 – Venezuela Sassacus samalayucae Richman, 2008 – Mexico Sassacus sexspinosus (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela Sassacus trochilus Simon, 1901 – Brazil Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894) – Canada to Panama
References
External links Pictures of P. papenhoei