Nannenus

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Nannenus

| authority = Simon, 1902

| type_species = N. syrphus

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1902

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 6, see text

}}

Nannenus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1902| title=Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=363–406| volume=46| author-link=Eugène Simon}}

Description

Both sexes are about {{convert|4|mm|in|frac=4}} long. The cephalus is high, the eye region blackish with the area between the rear eyes lighter. The rest of the thorax is brown with a whitish lateral band on each side. The abdomen is small and light yellowish with a vague white pattern.{{cite book| last1=Murphy| first1=Frances| last2=Murphy| first2=John| year=2000| title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia| publisher=Malaysian Nature Society| place=Kuala Lumpur| page=286}}

Species

{{as of|2019|07}} it contains six species, found only in Asia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Nannenus Simon, 1902| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-08-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2805| doi=10.24436/2}}

Nannenus constrictus (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
Nannenus lyriger Simon, 1902 – Singapore
Nannenus maughami Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
Nannenus menghaiensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
Nannenus siedleckii Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
Nannenus syrphus Simon, 1902 (type) – Singapore

References

Category:Salticidae genera

Category:Salticidae

Category:Spiders of Asia