# Colaxes

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***Colaxes*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Eugène Louis Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1900.[2]

## Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in [India](/source/India), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), and [South Africa](/source/South_Africa):[1]

- *[Colaxes benjamini](/source/Colaxes_benjamini)* [Wesolowska](/source/Wanda_Weso%C5%82owska) & Haddad, 2013 – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
- *[Colaxes horton](/source/Colaxes_horton)* Benjamin, 2004 – [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
- *[Colaxes nitidiventris](/source/Colaxes_nitidiventris)* Simon, 1900 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – [India](/source/India)
- *[Colaxes wanlessi](/source/Colaxes_wanlessi)* Benjamin, 2004 – Sri Lanka

## References

1. ["Gen. Colaxes Simon, 1900"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2587). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-07-06.

1. Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". *Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique*. **44**: 381–407.

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