Biology:Microbianor

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Microbianor
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Microbianor
Logunov, 2000[1]
Type species
M. nigritarsus
Logunov, 2000
Species

8, see text

Microbianor is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by D. V. Logunov in 2000.[2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μικρός (micro), meaning "small", and the genus Bianor.

Species

(As of July 2019) it contains eight species, found only in Africa:[1]

  • Microbianor deltshevi Logunov, 2009Madagascar
  • Microbianor furcatus Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013South Africa
  • Microbianor globosus Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa
  • Microbianor golovatchi Logunov, 2000 – Seychelles
  • Microbianor madagascarensis Logunov, 2009 – Madagascar
  • Microbianor nigritarsus Logunov, 2000 (type) – Seychelles
  • Microbianor saaristoi Logunov, 2000 – Seychelles, Réunion
  • Microbianor simplex Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Microbianor Logunov, 2000. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2789. Retrieved 2019-08-06. 
  2. Logunov, D. V. (2000). "A new endemic genus and three new species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Seychelle Islands". Cimbebasia 16: 261–267. 

Further reading

  • Logunov, D. (2009c). "Further notes on the Harmochireae of Africa (Araneae, Salticidae, Pelleninae)". ZooKeys (16): 265–290. doi:10.3897/zookeys.16.227. 

Wikidata ☰ Q645378 entry