| Saitissus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Saitissus Roewer, 1938 |
| Species: | S. squamosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saitissus squamosus Roewer, 1938 | |
Saitissus is a monotypic genus of Papuan jumping spiders containing the single species, Saitissus squamosus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1938, and is found only in Papua New Guinea. The genus name is derived from the similar genus Saitis. The species name is Latin for "scaly".
References
- ^ "Gen. Saitissus Roewer, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Roewer, C. F. (1938), "Araneae", Résultats scientifiques du Voyage aux indes orientales néerlandaises de la SS
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Saitissus | |
| Saitissus squamosus | |
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