| Chalcoscirtus | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Male Chalcoscirtus diminutus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880 [1] |
| Type species | |
| C. infimus (Simon, 1868) | |
| Species | |
45, see text | |
Chalcoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880. [2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek chalc-, meaning "copper", and scirt-, meaning "leap".[ citation needed ]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains forty-five species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Egypt: [1]