Philates

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Philates

| authority = Simon, 1900

| type_species = P. grammicus

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1900

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 10, see text

}}

{{distinguish|Filiates}}

Philates is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1900| title=Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=381–407| volume=44| author-link=Eugène Simon}}

Species

{{as of|2019|08}} it contains ten species, found only in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Philates Simon, 1900| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-11| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2884| doi=10.24436/2}}

References

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Category:Salticidae genera

Category:Salticidae

Category:Spiders of Asia

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