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Spartaeus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2] These spiders build large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture prey, mostly moths. When walking, they wave their palps and legs in an unusual way.[3]

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The genus was renamed from Boethus in 1984 because the name was found to be preoccupied.[1]

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As of August 2019 it contains nineteen species, found only in Asia:[1]

  • Spartaeus abramovi Logunov & Azarkina, 2008Vietnam
  • Spartaeus bani (Ikeda, 1995)Japan
  • Spartaeus banthamus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008Laos
  • Spartaeus ellipticus Bao & Peng, 2002Taiwan
  • Spartaeus emeishan Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007China
  • Spartaeus forcipiformis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
  • Spartaeus jaegeri Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
  • Spartaeus jianfengensis Song & Chai, 1991 – China
  • Spartaeus karigiri Caleb et al., 2025 – India
  • Spartaeus noctivagus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Laos
  • Spartaeus pinniformis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
  • Spartaeus platnicki Song, Chen & Gong, 1991 – China
  • Spartaeus serratus Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
  • Spartaeus spinimanus (Thorell, 1878) (type) – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Borneo, Sumbawa)
  • Spartaeus tengchongensis Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
  • Spartaeus thailandicus Wanless, 1984 – China, Thailand
  • Spartaeus triapiculus Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017 – China
  • Spartaeus uplandicus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995Philippines
  • Spartaeus wildtrackii Wanless, 1987Malaysia
  • Spartaeus zhangi Peng & Li, 2002 – China, Laos
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