Sassacus (spider)

Sassacus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century.

Species
it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica:
 * Sassacus alboguttatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
 * Sassacus arcuatus Simon, 1901 – Brazil
 * Sassacus aurantiacus Simon, 1901 – Brazil
 * Sassacus aztecus Richman, 2008 – Mexico
 * Sassacus barbipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – Mexico to Costa Rica
 * Sassacus biaccentuatus Simon, 1901 – Paraguay
 * Sassacus cyaneus (Hentz, 1846) – USA
 * Sassacus dissimilis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
 * Sassacus flavicinctus Crane, 1949 – Venezuela
 * Sassacus glyphochelis Bauab, 1979 – Brazil
 * Sassacus helenicus (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
 * Sassacus leucomystax (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
 * Sassacus lirios Richman, 2008 – Mexico to Costa Rica
 * Sassacus ocellatus Crane, 1949 – Venezuela
 * Sassacus paiutus (Gertsch, 1934) – USA, Mexico
 * Sassacus papenhoei Peckham & Peckham, 1895 (type) – North America
 * Sassacus resplendens Simon, 1901 – Venezuela
 * Sassacus samalayucae Richman, 2008 – Mexico
 * Sassacus sexspinosus (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
 * Sassacus trochilus Simon, 1901 – Brazil
 * Sassacus vitis (Cockerell, 1894) – Canada to Panama