# Saitissus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Saitissus squamosus
| authority = [Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer), 1938
| parent_authority = Roewer, 1938<ref name=NMBE />
}}
'''''Saitissus''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/genus) of Papuan [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) containing the single species, '''''Saitissus squamosus'''''. It was first described by [Carl Friedrich Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer) in 1938,<ref name=Roew1938>{{citation| last=Roewer| first=C. F.| year=1938| contribution=Araneae| title=Résultats scientifiques du Voyage aux indes orientales néerlandaises de la SS| author-link=Carl_Friedrich_Roewer}}</ref> and is found only in [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea).<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Saitissus Roewer, 1938| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-23| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2939| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> The genus name is derived from the similar genus ''[Saitis](/source/Saitis)''. The species name is Latin for "scaly".<ref name=Roew1938 />

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Category:Spiders of New Guinea
Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera
Category:Salticidae
Category:Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Roewer

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