Microbianor
Appearance
Microbianor | |
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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: | Microbianor Logunov, 2000[1] |
Type species | |
M. nigritarsus Logunov, 2000
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Species | |
8, see text |
Microbianor is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by D. V. Logunov in 2000.[2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μικρός (micro), meaning "small", and the genus Bianor.
Species
[edit]As of July 2019[update] it contains eight species, found only in Africa:[1]
- Microbianor deltshevi Logunov, 2009 – Madagascar
- Microbianor furcatus Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013 – South Africa
- Microbianor globosus Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Microbianor golovatchi Logunov, 2000 – Seychelles
- Microbianor madagascarensis Logunov, 2009 – Madagascar
- Microbianor nigritarsus Logunov, 2000 (type) – Seychelles
- Microbianor saaristoi Logunov, 2000 – Seychelles, Réunion
- Microbianor simplex Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Microbianor Logunov, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ Logunov, D. V. (2000). "A new endemic genus and three new species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Seychelle Islands". Cimbebasia. 16: 261–267.
Further reading
[edit]- Logunov, D. (2009c). "Further notes on the Harmochireae of Africa (Araneae, Salticidae, Pelleninae)". ZooKeys (16): 265–290. Bibcode:2009ZooK...16..265L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.16.227.