Spartaeus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.
The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied. It is named after the son of the Rhodian nymph Himalia and Zeus in Greek mythology.
Species it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia: Spartaeus abramovi Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Vietnam Spartaeus bani (Ikeda, 1995) – Japan Spartaeus banthamus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos Spartaeus ellipticus Bao & Peng, 2002 – Taiwan Spartaeus emeishan Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007 – China Spartaeus forcipiformis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China Spartaeus jaegeri Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos Spartaeus jianfengensis Song & Chai, 1991 – China Spartaeus karigiri Caleb et al., 2025 – India Spartaeus noctivagus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos Spartaeus pinniformis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China Spartaeus platnicki Song, Chen & Gong, 1991 – China Spartaeus serratus Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China Spartaeus spinimanus (Thorell, 1878) (type) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Borneo, Sumbawa) Spartaeus tengchongensis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China Spartaeus thailandicus Wanless, 1984 – China, Thailand Spartaeus triapiculus Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China Spartaeus uplandicus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Spartaeus wildtrackii Wanless, 1987 – Malaysia Spartaeus zhangi Peng & Li, 2002 – China, Laos
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