Nannenus

Nannenus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[2]

Nannenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Nannenus Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
N. syrphus Simon, 1902
Species
6, see text

Description

Both sexes are about 4 millimetres (1⁄4 in) long. The cephalus is high, the eye region blackish with the area between the rear eyes lighter. The rest of the thorax is brown with a whitish lateral band on each side. The abdomen is small and light yellowish with a vague white pattern.^[3]

Species

As of July 2019^[update] it contains six species, found only in Asia:^[1]

• Nannenus constrictus (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Nannenus lyriger Simon, 1902 – Singapore
• Nannenus maughami Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Nannenus menghaiensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
• Nannenus siedleckii Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Nannenus syrphus Simon, 1902 (type) – Singapore