Protaeus forcipiformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dionycha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Spartaeinae
Tribus: Spartaeini
Genus: Protaeus
Species: Protaeus forcipiformis

Name

Protaeus forcipiformis (Yang et al., 2017)

Type locality: China, Hubei Province: Badong County, Yanduhe Township, Songziyuan Village, 31.3406°N, 110.4131°E, elev. 1320 m.

Holotype: HNU. male ♂. 26.IV.2016. legit W. Liu, C. Zeng, T. Tian. GKJ035. HNU–WZT–160426,

Synonymy

• Spartaeus forcipiformis Yang et al., 2017 (original combination)
• Protaeus forcipiformis Yang et al. - Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025: 23

References

Primary references

• Yang, S-F., Liu, W., Liu, P. & Peng, X-J. 2017. Five new species of Spartaeus Thorell, 1891 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4303(3): 379–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.3.4. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ni, Y., Yu, K. & Zhang, J.X. 2025a. Phylogenomic placement of a new genus and species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeini) based on UCE data. Invertebrate Systematic 39(8, IS25033): 1-25. DOI: 10.1071/IS25033. . Reference page.