Toticoryx
| Toticoryx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Toticoryx Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1] |
| Species: | T. exilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Toticoryx exilis Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]
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Toticoryx is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its single described species, Toticoryx exilis is found in Guinea.[1]
Name
[edit]The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. The specific name exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.[2]
Appearance
[edit]This spider is only 3 mm long and very flat. In general appearance it resembles Pseudicius. Only the female has been found.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Toticoryx Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-04
- ^ a b Rollard, Ch. & Wesołowska, W. (2002), "Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea" (PDF), Zoosystema, 24 (2): 283–307, retrieved 2017-03-04
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