# Erasinus

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For the river of Greece, see [Erasinus (river)](/source/Erasinus_(river)).

***Erasinus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of the [spider](/source/Spider) family [Salticidae](/source/Salticidae) ([jumping spiders](/source/Jumping_spider)).

All three described species are only known from males. Simon thought that they were close to *[Viciria](/source/Viciria)*. Judging from the shape of the male palp of *E. gracilis*, it belongs to the same genus as *[Epeus](/source/Epeus_(genus))*, which was split from *Viciria* in 1984.[1]

*Erasinus labiatus* was transferred to *[Portia](/source/Portia_(spider))* by [Fred R. Wanless](/source/Fred_R._Wanless) in 1978.[2]

## Name

[Erasinos](/source/Erasinos) was a river god of Arkadia and Argos in southern [Greece](/source/Greece).[3]

## Species

- *[Erasinus flagellifer](/source/Erasinus_flagellifer)* Simon, 1899 – [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra)
- *[Erasinus flavibarbis](/source/Erasinus_flavibarbis)* Simon, 1902 – [Java](/source/Java)
- *[Erasinus gracilis](/source/Erasinus_gracilis)* [Peckham & Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham), 1907 – [Borneo](/source/Borneo)

## Footnotes

1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 284

1. Platnick 2007

1. [ERASINUS: River god of Argolis in Greece ; Greek mythology : ERASINOS](http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosErasinos.html)

## References

- (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. *Malaysian Nature Society*, Kuala Lumpur.
- (2007): [The world spider catalog](http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html), version 8.0. *American Museum of Natural History*.

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