Rafalus

Rafalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1999.^[2]

Rafalus
Rafalus variegatus in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Rafalus Prószyński, 1999[1]
Type species
R. christophori Prószyński, 1999
Species
12, see text

Species

As of August 2019^[update] it contains twelve species, found only in Africa and Asia:^[1]

• Rafalus arabicus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
• Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 1999 (type) – Egypt, Israel
• Rafalus desertus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
• Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999 – Egypt, United Arab Emirates
• Rafalus insignipalpis (Simon, 1882) – Yemen (mainland, Socotra)
• Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
• Rafalus lymphus (Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994) – Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Yemen
• Rafalus minimus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
• Rafalus nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
• Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
• Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875) – Iran, Central Asia
• Rafalus wittmeri (Prószyński, 1978) – Bhutan