Wanlessia sedgwicki
Appearance
Wanlessia sedgwicki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: | Wanlessia |
Species: | W. sedgwicki
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Binomial name | |
Wanlessia sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992
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Wanlessia sedgwicki is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to northwestern Borneo.[1]
Males have a body length of 3.2 mm. The carapace is dark yellowish brown.[2]
Name
[edit]The species name honors Walter Sedgwick, the collector of the holotype.
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- Wijesinghe, D.P. (1992): A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the Spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40: 9-19. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.