Biology:Lophostica

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Short description: Genus of spiders


Lophostica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Lophostica
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
Lophostica mauriciana
Simon, 1902[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity
3 species

Lophostica is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its three described species occur only on Mauritius and Réunion.[1]

Species

(As of March 2017), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Lophostica mauriciana Simon, 1902 – Mauritius, Réunion
  • Lophostica minor Ledoux, 2007 – Réunion
  • Lophostica nova Ledoux, 2007 – Réunion

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gen. Lophostica Simon, 1902", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2747, retrieved 2017-03-02 

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