Jotus

Jotus is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders), native to Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia.^[1]^[2]^[3] There are thought to be many as yet undescribed species in southern Australia.^[2]

Species[edit]

As of December 2020^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

Jotus albimanus Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (New South Wales)
Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881 (type species) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
Jotus braccatus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
Jotus debilis L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (New South Wales)
Jotus fortiniae Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
Jotus frosti Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Australia (Victoria, South Australia)
Jotus insulanus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Island)
Jotus karllagerfeldi Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
Jotus maculivertex Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Kei Islands)
Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
Jotus moonensis Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
Jotus newtoni Baehr, Schubert & Harms, 2019 – Australia (Queensland)
Jotus ravus (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
Jotus remus Otto & Hill, 2016 – Australia (New South Wales)

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jotus L. Koch , 1881 - Taxon details". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Otto, Jürgen C; Hill, David E (2016). "Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini)". Peckhamia. 133 (1): 1–39. ISSN 2161-8526.
^ Baehr, Barbara C.; Schubert, Joseph; Harms, Danilo (2019). "The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia". Evolutionary Systematics. 3 (1): 53–73. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.3.34496.

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