Genus of spiders
Philaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. "Philaeus maoniuensis" was moved to genus "Yllenus" in 2003.
Species.
As of  2019[ [update]] it contains seven species with a wide distribution. Most species are from the Mediterranean and West Africa, but single species are known from Guatemala and the Galapagos Islands:
References.
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