# Hyllus (spider)

Hyllus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most species occur in Africa and Madagascar, with many in Australasia and north to India. H. insularis is found in Greece and Iran, but it is considered misplaced in this genus, and is now Evarcha insularis.

## Description

They are medium to large spiders, commonly mistaken by those in the genus Evarcha. They are usually stout, hairy and dully colored. They usually have horns at the top of the median eyes formed by long bristles. They have a rounded carapace, which is larger than the eye field. Those in the genus Evarcha are usually smaller and their carapace is thinner.

## Name

Hyllus was the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology.

## Species

As of October 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted these species:
* Hyllus acutus (Blackwall, 1877) – Comoro Islands, Seychelles
* Hyllus aegyptiacus (Denis, 1947) – Egypt
* Hyllus africanus Lessert, 1927 – Congo Basin
* Hyllus albofasciatus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
* Hyllus albomarginatus (Lenz, 1886) – Madagascar
* Hyllus albooculatus (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
* Hyllus alboplagiatus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
* Hyllus angustivulvus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
* Hyllus argyrotoxus Simon, 1902 – West, East, Southern Africa
* Hyllus atroniveus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
* Hyllus aubryi (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
* Hyllus bifasciatus Ono, 1993 – Madagascar
* Hyllus bos (Sundevall, 1833) – India
* Hyllus brevitarsis Simon, 1902 – Africa
* Hyllus congoensis Lessert, 1927 – Ivory Coast, Congo
* Hyllus cornutus (Blackwall, 1866) – Africa
* Hyllus decellei Wanless & Clark, 1975 – Ivory Coast
* Hyllus decoratus Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar
* Hyllus deyrollei (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon, Ivory Coast
* Hyllus diardi (Walckenaer, 1837) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China to Indonesia (Java)
* Hyllus dotatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Sudan to Southern Africa, Yemen
* Hyllus duplicidentatus Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
* Hyllus flavescens Simon, 1902 – South Africa
* Hyllus giganteus C. L. Koch, 1846 – Sumatra to Australia
* Hyllus gulosus (Simon, 1877) – Philippines
* Hyllus holochalceus Simon, 1910 – Bioko
* Hyllus ignotus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
* Hyllus interrogationis (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar
* Hyllus jallae Pavesi, 1897 – Africa
* Hyllus juanensis Strand, 1907 – Mozambique
* Hyllus keratodes (Hasselt, 1882) – Sumatra
* Hyllus leucomelas (Lucas, 1858) – West, Central Africa
* Hyllus longiusculus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
* Hyllus lugubris (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
* Hyllus lwoffi Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
* Hyllus madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
* Hyllus manu John T. D. Caleb, Christudhas A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M, 2014 – Chennai
* Hyllus maskaranus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
* Hyllus minahassae Merian, 1911 – Sulawesi
* Hyllus mniszechi (Lucas, 1858) – Gabon
* Hyllus multiaculeatus Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
* Hyllus nebulosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
* Hyllus nigeriensis (Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012) – Nigeria
* Hyllus nummularis (Gerstäcker, 1873) – Zanzibar
* Hyllus peckhamorum Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast
* Hyllus plexippoides Simon, 1906 – Ivory Coast to Egypt
* Hyllus pudicus Thorell, 1895 – India, Myanmar
* Hyllus pulcherrimus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
* Hyllus qishuoi Xiong, Liu & Zhang, 2017 – China
* Hyllus ramadanii (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania
* Hyllus remotus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
* Hyllus robinsoni Hogg, 1919 – Sumatra
* Hyllus rotundithorax Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
* Hyllus sansibaricus Roewer, 1951 – Zanzibar
* Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885) – India, Sri Lanka
* Hyllus senegalensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Senegal
* Hyllus shanhonghani Lin & Li, 2022 – China
* Hyllus solus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
* Hyllus stigmatias (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia
* Hyllus suillus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
* Hyllus thoracicus (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
* Hyllus treleaveni Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – Central, East, Southern Africa
* Hyllus tuberculatus Wanless & Clark, 1975 – Ivory Coast
* Hyllus unicolor Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
* Hyllus viduatus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
* Hyllus vinsoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Madagascar
* Hyllus walckenaeri (White, 1846) – Borneo, Sulawesi