Biology:Pedinopistha

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Pedinopistha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Philodromidae
Genus: Pedinopistha
Karsch, 1880[1]
Type species
P. finschi
Karsch, 1880
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Adrastidia Simon, 1900[2]
  • Proernus Simon, 1900[3]

Pedinopistha is a genus of Hawaiian running crab spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1880.[4]

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains five species, found only on Hawaii:[1]

  • Pedinopistha aculeata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
  • Pedinopistha finschi Karsch, 1880 (type) – Hawaii
  • Pedinopistha longula (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
  • Pedinopistha schauinslandi (Simon, 1899) – Hawaii
  • Pedinopistha stigmatica (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Pedinopistha Karsch, 1880". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2266. Retrieved 2019-07-04. 
  2. Suman, T. W. (1971). "Spiders of the family Thomisidae in Hawaii". Pacific Insects 12: 852. 
  3. Roth, V. D. (1995). "Karsch's 1880 paper on Hawaiian spiders: ignored or overlooked?". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 42: 45. 
  4. Karsch, F. (1880). "Mittheilung über die von Herrn Dr. O. Finsch während seiner polynesischen Reise gesammelten Myriopoden und Arachniden". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1880: 77–83. 

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