Saitis
# Saitis

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

As of August 2019 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)
