Tags: Arachnid.
Clynotis is a genus of the spider family Salticidae or jumping spiders contained within the subfamily Marpissinae. They are found across Australia and New Zealand with some species occupying the Auckland Islands and one found exclusively on Snares Island. There are eight species currently described within the genus the earliest noted being the type species clynotis severus first described in Queensland New South Wales Australia in 1879 by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch.
