Biology:Apricia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Apricia
"Apricia jovialis"
Apricia jovialis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Apricia
Richardson, 2016[1]
Type species
Apricia jovialis
Species

Apricia is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family Salticidae. It was first described in 2016 by Richardson.[1][2] (As of 2017), it contains 3 species, all from Australia.[1]

Richardson placed the genus in the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae (tribe Viciriini).[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Apricia Richardson, 2016". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5539. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Richardson, B.J. (2016), "New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)", Zootaxa 4114 (5): 501–560, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.1, PMID 27395145 

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