Sassacus cyaneus

Sassacus cyaneus is a species of jumping spider. It used to be the only described species of the genus Agassa, but was transferred to the genus Sassacus in 2008. It seems to be closely related to S. papenhoei, but differs in the form of the carapace.[1]

Sassacus cyaneus
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Sassacus
Species:
S. cyaneus
Binomial name
Sassacus cyaneus
(Hentz, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Attus cyaneus
  • Maevia chrysea
  • Homalattus septentrionalis
  • Homalattus cyaneus
  • Homalattus cyanea
  • Rhene cyaneus
  • Agassa georgiana
  • Agassa cerulea
  • Agassa cyanea

S. cyaneus is native to Sonora in Mexico, and parts of the United States.[2]

Dorsal view
Adult male side

Footnotes
  1. Tree of Life: Agassa
  2. Salticidae.org: Agassa

References
  • Richman, David B. (2008): Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America. Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 26-48. doi:10.1636/H07-03.1 Full Article
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.


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