Artabrus Simon, 1902

Zhang, J. X., Song, D. X. & Li, Daiqin, 2003, Six New And One Newly Recorded Species Of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Singapore And Malaysia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2), pp. 187-195 : 188

Artabrus Simon, 1902

Artabrus Simon, 1902: 404 .

Type species. – Plexippus erythrocephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 , by subsequent designation.

Diagnosis. – This genus is similar to Epeus in body shape and eye pattern, but can be easily distinguished from the latter in genital structure: copulatory ducts short and parallel, not coiled in loops like that of Epeus ; spermatheca inflated and elliptic; male palp simple, outgrowth of cymbium and auricular outgrowth of palpal bulb absent.

Remarks. – Artabrus is a small genus represented by only three species (Prószynski´, 2002), distributed in Indonesia, Philippines and Gilbert Island. However, judging from the illustrations given by Prószynski´(2002), Artabrus jolensis Simon, 1902 , from Philippines and A. planipudens ( Karsch, 1881) from Gilbert Island might belong to other genera.