Mintonia Wanless, 1984

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiaoqi, Li, Shuqiang & Xu, Xiang, 2024, Taxonomic notes of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 1221, pp. 205-277 : 205-277

Genus Mintonia Wanless, 1984

Type species.

Mintonia tauricornis Wanless, 1984 ; type locality Sarawak, Indonesia.

Comments.

This genus is placed in the subtribe Spartaeina Wanless, 1984 within the Spartaeini Wanless, 1984 ( Maddison 2015). To date, ten species have been described, and all are restricted to Southeast Asia ( WSC 2024). A significant taxonomic study of the genus was done by Wanless (1984, 1987), who described eight new species and first illustrated the transferred species, Mintonia ramipalpis (Thorell, 1890) . However, seven species described by him are only known from a single sex.