Biology:Gramenca

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Gramenca
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Gramenca
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]
Species:
G. prima
Binomial name
Gramenca prima
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]

Gramenca is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its single described species, Gramenca prima, is found in Guinea.[1]

Name

The genus name is derived from Latin gramen "grass", which is the habitat of G. prima. The specific name prima means first, for this is the first described Gramenca species.[2]

Appearance

The female spider is about 3 millimetres (0.12 in) long. The male is not yet known.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Gramenca Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2670. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rollard, Ch.; Wesołowska, W. (2002). "Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea". Zoosystema 24 (2): 283–307. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2002n2a5.pdf. Retrieved 2017-03-17. 

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