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}}
- Philates chelifer (Simon, 1900) – Indonesia (Java, Borneo)
- Philates courti (Zabka, 1999) – New Guinea
- Philates grammicus Simon, 1900 (type) – Philippines, Indonesia
- Philates platnicki (Zabka, 1999) – New Guinea
- Philates proszynskii (Zabka, 1999) – New Guinea
- Philates rafalskii (Zabka, 1999) – New Guinea
- Philates szutsi Benjamin, 2004 – Borneo
- Philates thaleri Benjamin, 2004 – Borneo
- Philates variratae (Zabka, 1999) – New Guinea
- Philates zschokkei Benjamin, 2004 – Indonesia
References
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