title: Avitus (spider)
text: # Avitus (spider)
  
  Avitus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of June 2019 it contains six species, found in Brazil, Panama, Argentina, and on the Greater Antilles:
  
  * Avitus anumbi Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil
  * Avitus castaneonotatus Mello-Leitão, 1939 – Argentina
  * Avitus diolenii Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (type) – Panama
  * Avitus longidens Simon, 1901 – Argentina
  * Avitus taylori (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica
  * Avitus variabilis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
  