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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: | Dexippus Thorell, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| D. kleini Thorell, 1891 | |
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Dexippus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891. The genus name is derived from Publius Herennius Dexippus, an ancient Greek historian. As of June 2019, it contains four species, found only in Asia:
- Dexippus kleini Thorell, 1891 – India, Sumatra
- Dexippus pengi Wang & Li, 2020 – India, China
- Dexippus taiwanensis Peng & Li, 2002 – Taiwan
- Dexippus topali Prószyński, 1992 – India
References
- ^ "Gen. Dexippus Thorell, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 24 (2): 1–149.
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