Biology:Ergane (spider)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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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: | Ergane L. Koch, 1881[1] |
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| E. cognata L. Koch, 1881
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Ergane is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1881.[3] Males of E. benjarei is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. The form of the pedipalp and the abdominal pattern suggest that Ergane is close to Chalcotropis.[4] It is named after the goddess Athena, called Athena Ergane as the patron of craftsmen and artisans.
Species
(As of June 2019) it contains four species, found in the Philippines , Indonesia, Australia , and Kiribati:[1]
- Ergane benjarei (Peckham & Peckham, 1907) – Borneo
- Ergane carinata Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 – Philippines , Caroline Is.
- Ergane cognata L. Koch, 1881 (type) – Australia (Northern Territory)
- Ergane insulana L. Koch, 1881 – Australia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Ergane L. Koch, 1881. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2638. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ↑ Żabka, M. (1988). "Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41: 454.
- ↑ Koch, L. (1881). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1213–1271.
- ↑ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). "An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia". Malaysian Nature Society (Kuala Lumpur): 284.
Wikidata ☰ Q430088 entry
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