Leptathamas
Appearance
Leptathamas | |
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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: | Leptathamas |
Species: | L. paradoxus
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Binomial name | |
Leptathamas paradoxus Balogh, 1980[1]
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Leptathamas is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with one described species, which occurs only in New Guinea.[1]
The genus seems to be closely related to Athamas and Bulolia, occupying a "midway" position between them.[2]
Name
[edit]The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepto "slender, fine" and the name of the related genus Athamas.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ Szűts 2003
References
[edit]- Szűts, T. (2003): On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. Folia entomologica hungarica 64: 41-58. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
[edit]- Balogh, P. (1980): Studies on the Papuan Attidae (Araneae): Leptathamas paradoxus gen. et sp. n. Folia ent. hung. 41: 29-31.
External links
[edit]- Diagnostic drawings of L. paradoxus
- Photograph of L. paradoxus (in vitro?)