Darwinneon
Appearance
Darwinneon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Darwinneon Cutler, 1971[1] |
Species: | D. crypticus
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Binomial name | |
Darwinneon crypticus Cutler, 1971
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Darwinneon is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Darwinneon crypticus. It was first described by B. Cutler in 1971,[2] and is only found on the Galápagos Islands.[1] The name is a combination of the Neon and Charles Darwin. Crypticus means "hidden" in Latin.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Darwinneon Cutler, 1971". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Cutler, B. (1971). "Darwinneon crypticus, a new genus and species of jumping spider from the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 37: 509–513.