| Siler | |
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| S. cupreus from Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Siler Simon, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| S. cupreus Simon, 1889 | |
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Siler is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. They specialize in hunting ants.
Species
As of March 2024 it contains twelve species, found only in Asia:
- Siler bielawskii Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
- Siler collingwoodi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – China, Japan
- Siler cupreus Simon, 1889 (type) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Siler flavocinctus (Simon, 1901) – Singapore
- Siler hanoicus Prószyński, 1985 – Vietnam
- Siler lewaense Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumba)
- Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 - India
- Siler pulcher Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
- Siler ruber Baba, Yamasaki & Tanikawa, 2019 - Japan
- Siler semiglaucus (Simon, 1901) – India to Philippines
- Siler severus (Simon, 1901) – China
- Siler zhangae Wang & Li, 2020 - China
References
- ^ "Gen. Siler Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Prószyński, J. (1984). "Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae)". Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach. 2: 135.
- Simon, E. (1889). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXIII. Descriptions de quelques espèces receillies au Japon, par A. Mellotée". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 248–252.
- Jackson, RR; Van Olphen, A (May 1992). "Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Chrysilla, Natta and Siler, ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Kenya and Sri Lanka". Journal of Zoology. 227 (1): 163–170. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb04351.x.
External links
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