Asaracus
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Asaracus
| authority = C. L. Koch, 1846
| type_species = A. megacephalus
| type_species_authority = C. L. Koch, 1846
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5, see text
}}
Asaracus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.{{cite book| last=Koch| first=C. L.| year=1846| title=Die Arachniden| publisher=J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. , Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. | pages=1–234| author-link=Carl Ludwig Koch}}
Species
{{as of|2019|06}} it contains five species, found only in Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Asaracus C. L. Koch, 1846| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-07-05| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2512| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Asaracus megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Brazil
- Asaracus modestissimus (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
- Asaracus rufociliatus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil, Guyana
- Asaracus semifimbriatus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
- Asaracus venezuelicus (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
References
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Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch
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