Protaeus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae.
Distribution Protaeus is endemic to China.
Etymology The genus is named after Proteus, because of the "shape-shifting", variable nature of this genus' tibial apophyses.
Species , this genus includes six species:
Protaeus dracosquamus Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025 – China Protaeus forcipiformis (Yang, W. Liu, P. Liu & Peng, 2017) – China Protaeus gulliwingus Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025 – China Protaeus jianfeng (Song & Zhu, 1998) – China (Hainan) Protaeus nyarlathotep Ni, Yu & Zhang, 2025 – China Protaeus shiwandashan (Wang, Mi, Li & Xu, 2024) – China
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