Sassacus (spider)
# Sassacus (spider)

Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.

## Species

As of August 2019 it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica:

* Sassacus alboguttatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
* Sassacus arcuatus Simon, 1901 – Brazil
* Sassacus aurantiacus Simon, 1901 – Brazil
* Sassacus aztecus Richman, 2008 – Mexico
* Sassacus barbipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – Mexico to Costa Rica
* Sassacus biaccentuatus Simon, 1901 – Paraguay
* Sassacus cyaneus (Hentz, 1846) – USA
* Sassacus dissimilis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
* Sassacus flavicinctus Crane, 1949 – Venezuela
* Sassacus glyphochelis Bauab, 1979 – Brazil
* Sassacus helenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
* Sassacus leucomystax (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
* Sassacus lirios Richman, 2008 – Mexico to Costa Rica
* Sassacus ocellatus Crane, 1949 – Venezuela
* Sassacus paiutus (Gertsch, 1934) – USA, Mexico
* Sassacus papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895 (type) – North America
* Sassacus resplendens Simon, 1901 – Venezuela
* Sassacus samalayucae Richman, 2008 – Mexico
* Sassacus sexspinosus (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
* Sassacus trochilus Simon, 1901 – Brazil
* Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894) – Canada to Panama
