Synageles is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.
Species
it contains nineteen species, found in the Old World from Spain to China, with one found in northern Africa (S. repudiatus from Egypt), and in the New World from Mexico to Canada, and the Bahamas: Synageles albotrimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) – Spain, France, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey Synageles bishopi Cutler, 1988 – USA Synageles canadensis Cutler, 1988 – USA, Canada Synageles charitonovi Andreeva, 1976 – Kazakhstan, Central Asia Synageles dalmaticus (Keyserling, 1863) – Mediterranean, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan) Synageles hilarulus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Korea, Japan Synageles idahoanus (Gertsch, 1934) – USA Synageles leechi Cutler, 1988 – Canada Synageles mexicanus Cutler, 1988 – USA, Mexico Synageles morsei Logunov & Marusik, 1999 – Russia (Far East) Synageles nigriculus Danilov, 1997 – Russia (South Siberia, Far East) Synageles noxiosus (Hentz, 1850) – North America, Bahama Is. Synageles occidentalis Cutler, 1988 – USA, Canada Synageles persianus Logunov, 2004 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran Synageles ramitus Andreeva, 1976 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China Synageles repudiatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt Synageles scutiger Prószyński, 1979 – Greece, Ukraine, Azerbaijan Synageles subcingulatus (Simon, 1878) – Central Europe, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, West Siberia), Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia Synageles venator (Lucas, 1836) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to Canada
References
External links Photograph of S. venator Photograph of female S. venator
Further reading