Macaroeris is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
Name The genus name is combined from Macaronesia, where most species of the genus occur, and the salticid spider genus Eris.
Species As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus: Macaroeris albosignata Schmidt & Krause, 1996 – Canary Islands Macaroeris asiatica Logunov & Rakov, 1998 – Central Asia Macaroeris cata (Blackwall, 1867) – Madeira, Romania Macaroeris desertensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira Macaroeris diligens (Blackwall, 1867) – Madeira, Canary Islands Macaroeris flavicomis (Simon, 1885) – Greece, Turkey, Ukraine Macaroeris litoralis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Macaroeris moebi (Bösenberg, 1895) – Canary Islands, Savage Islands, Madeira, China Macaroeris nidicolens (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Central Asia
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External links Photograph of M. diligens Photograph of M. nidicolens