Saitis is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as Maratus.

Species

it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide:

• Saitis annae Cockerell, 1894 – Jamaica

• Saitis aranukanus Roewer, 1944 – Kiribati (Gilbert Is.)

• Saitis ariadneae Logunov, 2001 – Greece (Crete)

• Saitis auberti Berland, 1938 – Vanuatu

• Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (type) – Northern Africa, southern Europe to Turkey

• Saitis berlandi Roewer, 1951 – Vanuatu

• Saitis breviusculus Simon, 1901 – Gabon

• Saitis catulus Simon, 1901 – Venezuela

• Saitis chaperi Simon, 1885 – India, Sri Lanka

• Saitis cupidon (Simon, 1885) – New Caledonia

• Saitis cyanipes Simon, 1901 – Brazil

• Saitis graecus Kulczyński, 1905 – Albania, Greece, Bulgaria

• Saitis imitatus (Simon, 1868) – Croatia, Montenegro

• Saitis insectus (Hogg, 1896) – Central Australia

• Saitis insulanus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)

• Saitis kandyensis Kim, Ye & Oh, 2013 – Sri Lanka

• Saitis lacustris Hickman, 1944 – Central Australia

• Saitis latifrons Caporiacco, 1928 – Libya

• Saitis magniceps (Keyserling, 1882) – Australia (Queensland)

• Saitis marcusi Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil

• Saitis mutans Otto & Hill, 2012 – Australia (New South Wales)

• Saitis nanus Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Brazil

• Saitis perplexides (Strand, 1908) – Jamaica

• Saitis relucens (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)

• Saitis sengleti (Metzner, 1999) – Greece (incl. Crete)

• Saitis signatus (Keyserling, 1883) – Unknown

• Saitis spinosus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina

• Saitis splendidus (Walckenaer, 1837) – Timor

• Saitis taeniatus Keyserling, 1883 – Australia

• Saitis tauricus Kulczyński, 1905 – Italy, Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine

• Saitis variegatus Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina

• Saitis virgatus Otto & Hill, 2012 – Australia (New South Wales)

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