Biology:Phanias (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Phanias
Kaldari 2010 Phanias albeolus 01.jpg
Male Phanias albeolus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Phanias
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901[1]
Type species
P. flavostriatus
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Species

11, see text

Phanias is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. They are similar to members of Marpissa, but have three pairs of spines beneath the first tibia.[2]

Species

(As of August 2019) it contains eleven species, found only in Mexico, the United States , and El Salvador:[1]

  • Phanias albeolus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
  • Phanias concoloratus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930) – USA
  • Phanias dominatus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
  • Phanias flavostriatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type) – Mexico
  • Phanias furcifer (Gertsch, 1936) – USA
  • Phanias furcillatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
  • Phanias harfordi (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA
  • Phanias monticola (Banks, 1895) – USA
  • Phanias neomexicanus (Banks, 1901) – USA
  • Phanias salvadorensis Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
  • Phanias watonus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Phanias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2876. Retrieved 2019-09-10. 
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q493463 entry