Hypaeus

Hypaeus
	Female Hypaeus benignus in Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Hypaeus; Simon, 1900
Type species
	Attus porcatus; Taczanowski, 1871
Species
	see text

Hypaeus is a South American genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Species

As of December 2025^[update], this genus includes 29 species:

Hypaeus annulifer Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus arhuaco Martínez & Galvis, 2017 – Colombia
Hypaeus barromachadoi Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
Hypaeus benignus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Panama
Hypaeus concinnus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus cucullatus Simon, 1900 – Ecuador
Hypaeus duodentatus Crane, 1943 – Guyana
Hypaeus estebanensis Simon, 1900 – Venezuela
Hypaeus femoratus Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
Hypaeus flavipes Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus flemingi Crane, 1943 – Venezuela, Brazil
Hypaeus frontosus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus ignicomus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus luridomaculatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus miles Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
Hypaeus mystacalis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Ecuador, Peru
Hypaeus nigrocomosus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus olympeae Courtial & Picard, 2023 – French Guiana
Hypaeus pauciaculeis (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
Hypaeus porcatus (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
Hypaeus poseidon Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
Hypaeus proszynskii Martínez & Galvis, 2017 – Colombia
Hypaeus quadrinotatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
Hypaeus taczanowskii (Mello-Leitão, 1948) – French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil (type species)
Hypaeus terraemediae Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
Hypaeus tridactylus Araújo & Ruiz, 2015 – Brazil
Hypaeus triplagiatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Peru
Hypaeus varzea Martínez & Galvis, 2017 – Colombia
Hypaeus venezuelanus Simon, 1900 – Venezuela

References

1 2 3 4 "Gen. Hypaeus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

External links

Citizen science observations for Hypaeus at iNaturalist
Image catalogue for Hypaeus at Jumping spiders of the world

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Hypaeus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

Hypaeus

Female Hypaeus benignus in Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Hypaeus Simon, 1900
Type species
Attus porcatus Taczanowski, 1871
Species
see text