Artabrus

Artabrus is a genus of jumping spiders with only two species. The type species, Artabrus erythrocephalus, was described in 1846 by C. L. Koch as Plexippus erythrocephalus and transferred to his new genus Artabrus by Eugène Simon in 1902. It remained the only species in the genus until a second species was described in 2020.^[1][2]

Artabrus
Artabrus aurantipilosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Artabrus Simon, 1902[1]

Species of the genus resemble Epeus species in body shape and eye pattern, but have a different genital structure. It is said to be close to the genus Pseudamycus.^[3]

Species

As of July 2021^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted two species:^[1]

• Artabrus aurantipilosus Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2020 – Banda Islands
• Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Java, Singapore