The Hyllus genus is a part of the jumping spider family, indigenous to continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia. The World Spider Catalog recognizes about 72 species of this genus as per the March 2019 records.
| Hyllus acutus | Hyllus aegyptiacus | Hyllus aethiopicus |
| Hyllus africanus | Hyllus albocinctus | Hyllus albofasciatus |
| Hyllus albomarginatus | Hyllus albooculatus | Hyllus alboplagiatus |
| Hyllus angustivulvus | Hyllus argyrotoxus | Hyllus atroniveus |
| Hyllus aubryi | Hyllus bifasciatus | Hyllus bos |
| Hyllus brevitarsis | Hyllus congoensis | Hyllus cornutus |
| Hyllus decellei | Hyllus decoratus | Hyllus deyrollei |
| Hyllus Diardi | Hyllus dotatus | Hyllus duplicidentatus |
| Hyllus erlangeri | Hyllus flavescens | Hyllus fur |
| Hyllus fusciventris | Hyllus giganteus | Hyllus gulosus |
| Hyllus holochalceus | Hyllus interrogationis | Hyllus jallae |
| Hyllus juanensis | Hyllus keratodes | Hyllus leucomelas |
| Hyllus longiusculus | Hyllus lugubrellus | Hyllus lugubris |
| Hyllus lwoffi | Hyllus madagascariensis | Hyllus manensis |
| Hyllus manu | Hyllus maskaranus | Hyllus minahassae |
| Hyllus mniszechi | Hyllus multiaculeatus | Hyllus nebulosus |
| Hyllus nossibeensis | Hyllus nummularis | Hyllus pachypoessae |
| Hyllus plexippoides | Hyllus pudicus | Hyllus pulcherrimus |
| Hyllus qishuoi | Hyllus ramadanii | Hyllus remotus |
| Hyllus robinsoni | Hyllus rotundithorax | Hyllus sansibaricus |
| Hyllus semicupreus | Hyllus senegalensis | Hyllus stigmatias |
| Hyllus suillus | Hyllus thoracicus | Hyllus thyeniformis |
| Hyllus treleaveni | Hyllus tuberculatus | Hyllus viduatus |
| Hyllus vinsoni | Hyllus virgillus | Hyllus walckenaeri |
Size: The females are 15mm long, while the males are smaller.
Color: They mostly have a grey or white body, with the patterns differing from one species to the other.
Other Characteristic Features: Most of them have big eyes.
They are laid in a silken sac and protected intently by their mother.
The juveniles remain with their mother for a while, after which they disperse to be on their own.
Since they belong to the family of jumping spiders, they do not make webs but mostly hunt down their prey.
They bite when provoked, though their venom is harmless to humans, resulting in mild pain or redness.
| Lifespan | Approximately one year |
| Distribution | Parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia |
| Habitat | Grasslands, vegetation, bushes, wasteland |
| Diet | Smaller insects |
Image Credits: commons.wikimedia.org
The Hyllus genus is a part of the jumping spider family, indigenous to continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia. The World Spider Catalog recognizes about 72 species of this genus as per the March 2019 records.
| Hyllus acutus | Hyllus aegyptiacus | Hyllus aethiopicus |
| Hyllus africanus | Hyllus albocinctus | Hyllus albofasciatus |
| Hyllus albomarginatus | Hyllus albooculatus | Hyllus alboplagiatus |
| Hyllus angustivulvus | Hyllus argyrotoxus | Hyllus atroniveus |
| Hyllus aubryi | Hyllus bifasciatus | Hyllus bos |
| Hyllus brevitarsis | Hyllus congoensis | Hyllus cornutus |
| Hyllus decellei | Hyllus decoratus | Hyllus deyrollei |
| Hyllus Diardi | Hyllus dotatus | Hyllus duplicidentatus |
| Hyllus erlangeri | Hyllus flavescens | Hyllus fur |
| Hyllus fusciventris | Hyllus giganteus | Hyllus gulosus |
| Hyllus holochalceus | Hyllus interrogationis | Hyllus jallae |
| Hyllus juanensis | Hyllus keratodes | Hyllus leucomelas |
| Hyllus longiusculus | Hyllus lugubrellus | Hyllus lugubris |
| Hyllus lwoffi | Hyllus madagascariensis | Hyllus manensis |
| Hyllus manu | Hyllus maskaranus | Hyllus minahassae |
| Hyllus mniszechi | Hyllus multiaculeatus | Hyllus nebulosus |
| Hyllus nossibeensis | Hyllus nummularis | Hyllus pachypoessae |
| Hyllus plexippoides | Hyllus pudicus | Hyllus pulcherrimus |
| Hyllus qishuoi | Hyllus ramadanii | Hyllus remotus |
| Hyllus robinsoni | Hyllus rotundithorax | Hyllus sansibaricus |
| Hyllus semicupreus | Hyllus senegalensis | Hyllus stigmatias |
| Hyllus suillus | Hyllus thoracicus | Hyllus thyeniformis |
| Hyllus treleaveni | Hyllus tuberculatus | Hyllus viduatus |
| Hyllus vinsoni | Hyllus virgillus | Hyllus walckenaeri |
Size: The females are 15mm long, while the males are smaller.
Color: They mostly have a grey or white body, with the patterns differing from one species to the other.
Other Characteristic Features: Most of them have big eyes.
They are laid in a silken sac and protected intently by their mother.
The juveniles remain with their mother for a while, after which they disperse to be on their own.
Since they belong to the family of jumping spiders, they do not make webs but mostly hunt down their prey.
They bite when provoked, though their venom is harmless to humans, resulting in mild pain or redness.
| Lifespan | Approximately one year |
| Distribution | Parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia |
| Habitat | Grasslands, vegetation, bushes, wasteland |
| Diet | Smaller insects |
Image Credits: commons.wikimedia.org
