# Selimus

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For the play by Robert Greene, see [Selimus (play)](/source/Selimus_(play)).

***Selimus*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/Genus) of Brazilian [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) containing the single species, ***Selimus venustus***. It was first described by [George and Elizabeth Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham) in 1901,[2] known from a single male found in [Brazil](/source/Brazil).[1] The species name is derived from [Latin](/source/Latin) *venustus* "charming".[2]

In 2006 Michael Saaristo erroneously erected a genus of the same name in the family [Theridiidae](/source/Theridiidae) for the species *[Anelosimus placens](/source/Anelosimus_placens)*.

## References

1. ["Gen. Selimus Peckham & Peckham, 1901"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2951). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-09-23.

1. Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1901). "Spiders of the *Phidippus* group of the family Attidae". *Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters*. **13**: 282–358.

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