{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Anasaitis | image = Twin-flagged_Jumping_Spider_-_Anasaitis_canosa,_Okeefenokee_National_Wildlife_Refuge,_Folkston,_Georgia.jpg | image_caption = Female ''Anasaitis canosa'' from Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, Georgia | authority = Bryant, 1950<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''A. morgani'' | type_species_authority = (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 21, see text | synonyms = *''Maeotella'' <small>Bryant, 1950</small><ref name=Zhan2015>{{cite journal| last1=Zhang| first1=J. X.| last2=Maddison| first2=W. P.| year=2015| title=Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny| journal=Zootaxa| volume=3938| issue=1| page=15| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1| pmid=25947489}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=NMBE /> }}
'''''Anasaitis''''' is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950.<ref name=Brya1950>{{cite journal| last=Bryant| first=E. B.| year=1950| title=The salticid spiders of Jamaica| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| pages=163–209| volume=103}}</ref> The name is derived from the salticid genus ''Saitis''.
==Species== {{As of|2024|April}}, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. ''Anasaitis'' Bryant, 1950| website=World Spider Catalog Version 25.0| access-date=2024-04-27| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2496| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> *''Anasaitis adorabilis'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – Hispaniola *''Anasaitis arcuatus'' <small>(Franganillo, 1930)</small> – Cuba *''Anasaitis banksi'' <small>(Roewer, 1951)</small> – Hispaniola, Puerto Rico *''Anasaitis brunneus'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – Hispaniola *''Anasaitis canalis'' <small>(Chamberlin, 1925)</small> – Panama, Colombia *''Anasaitis canosus'' <small>(Walckenaer, 1837)</small> – USA, Cuba *''Anasaitis champetera'' <small>Galvis, Zapata-M & Malumbres-Olarte, 2020</small> – Colombia *''Anasaitis cubanus'' <small>(Roewer, 1951)</small> – Cuba *''Anasaitis decoris'' <small>Bryant, 1950</small> – Jamaica *''Anasaitis elegantissimus'' <small>(Simon, 1888)</small> – Hispaniola *''Anasaitis emertoni'' <small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> – Cuba *''Anasaitis gloriae'' <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1930)</small> – Puerto Rico *''Anasaitis hebetatus'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – Hispaniola *''Anasaitis laxus'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – Hispaniola *''Anasaitis locuples'' <small>(Simon, 1888)</small> – Hispaniola *''Anasaitis milesae'' <small>Logunov, 2024</small> – Presumably Caribbean. Introduced to Britain *''Anasaitis morgani'' <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901)</small> (type species) – Jamaica, Hispaniola *''Anasaitis peckhami'' <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1914)</small> – Dominican Rep. *''Anasaitis perplexus'' <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901)</small> – Jamaica, Hispaniola *''Anasaitis placidus'' <small>(Bryant, 1947)</small> – Puerto Rico (Mona Is.) *''Anasaitis scintillus'' <small>Bryant, 1950</small> – Jamaica *''Anasaitis squamatus'' <small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> – Cuba, Turks & Caicos *''Anasaitis venatorius'' <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901)</small> – Jamaica
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Category:Salticidae genera Category:Salticidae Category:Spiders of the Caribbean Category:Spiders of the United States Category:Spiders of the Dominican Republic
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