Carrhotus

Carrhotus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.^[4] The name is derived from the Greek Κάῤῥωτος.^[4]

Carrhotus
Male C. xanthogramma
Female C. xanthogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Carrhotus Thorell, 1891[1]
Type species
C. viduus (C. L. Koch, 1846)
Species
35, see text
Synonyms[1]
Diagondas Simon, 1902[2] Eugasmia Simon, 1902[3]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Asia, Europe, and Africa, with one species described from Brazil.^[1]

Species

• 
  C. barbatus with prey
• 
  C. coronatus
• 
  C. viduus

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 35 species:^[1]

• Carrhotus affinis Caporiacco, 1934 – Libya
• Carrhotus albolineatus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Indonesia (Java)
• Carrhotus albosetosus Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022 – Sri Lanka
• Carrhotus andhra Caleb, 2020 – India
• Carrhotus atratus Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022 – Sri Lanka
• Carrhotus barbatus (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Carrhotus bellus Wanless, 1984 – Seychelles
• Carrhotus catagraphus Jastrzebski, 1999 – Nepal
• Carrhotus coronatus (Simon, 1885) – China, Vietnam to Indonesia (Java)
• Carrhotus erus Jastrzebski, 1999 – India, Nepal
• Carrhotus harringtoni Prószyński, 1992 – Madagascar
• Carrhotus kamjeensis Jastrzebski, 1999 – Bhutan
• Carrhotus lobatus Satkunanathan & Benjamin, 2022 – Sri Lanka
• Carrhotus malayanus Prószyński, 1992 – Malaysia
• Carrhotus occidentalis (Denis, 1947) – Egypt
• Carrhotus olivaceus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Carrhotus operosus Jastrzebski, 1999 – Nepal
• Carrhotus piperus Caleb & Sampathkumar, 2024 – India
• Carrhotus qingzhaoae Wang & Li, 2023 – China (Hainan)
• Carrhotus s-bulbosus Jastrzebski, 2009 – Nepal
• Carrhotus samchiensis Jastrzebski, 1999 – Bhutan
• Carrhotus sannio (Thorell, 1877) – Réunion, China, Nepal, India to Vietnam and Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Carrhotus sarahcrewsae Cao & Li, 2016 – China
• Carrhotus scriptus Simon, 1902 – Gabon
• Carrhotus silanthi Caleb, 2020 – India, Sri Lanka
• Carrhotus singularis Simon, 1902 – South Africa
• Carrhotus spiridonovi Logunov, 2021 – India
• Carrhotus subaffinis Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia
• Carrhotus sundaicus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Lombok)
• Carrhotus taprobanicus Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
• Carrhotus tholpettyensis Sudhin, Nafin, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2021 – India
• Carrhotus tristis Thorell, 1895 – India, Myanmar, Taiwan
• Carrhotus viduus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Iran, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam (type species)
• Carrhotus viridiaureus (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
• Carrhotus xanthogramma (Latreille, 1819) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan