Two-Lined Jumper
This is the type species of the genus Colyttus. The name "bilineatus" means "two-lined", a reference to the two black lines on the abdomen of the females. The males have a markedly different pattern, with a single broad yellow stripe running along the length of the carapace and abdomen.
| Length | ♀ 8 mm; ♂ 7–8 mm. |
| Habitat | Primary and secondary rainforests. |
| Type Locality | Penang, Malaysia. |
| Distribution | Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Maluku), Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Colyttus bilineatus (Original description ♀)
Thorell, 1891 Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien: 132
Hyllus modestus (Original description ♂)
Colyttus bilineatus (♂)
Simon, 1903a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 737, f. 848-850 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Colyttus bilineatus (♂)
Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 19
Colyttus bilineatus (♂♀)
Prószyński, 1987 Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2: 17
Colyttus bilineatus (♂♀)
Zhang & Maddison, 2015 Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny: 31, f. 524-530, 884-885 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1
Colyttus bilineatus (♂♀)
Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 74, f. 38Q, 39R doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1
Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Maluku), Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Singapore.