Biology:Phanuelus
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of spiders
| Phanuelus | |
|---|---|
| |
| male Phanuelus gladstone | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Phanuelus Caleb & Mathai, 2015 |
| Species: | P. gladstone
|
| Binomial name | |
| Phanuelus gladstone Caleb & Mathai, 2015
| |
Phanuelus is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The single described species Phanuelus gladstone is endemic to India . The holotype and paratypes of P. gladstone were all collected from the campus of Madras Christian College in Chennai. Adult spiders are 3–4 mm in length with a short, high carapace and rounded abdomen.[1]
The genus is named after G. J. Phanuel, a professor at Madras Christian College who worked on the spiders of Chennai in the early 1960s.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Caleb, John T. D.; Mungkung, Soriephy; Mathai, Manu Thomas (16 April 2015). "Four new species of jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) with the description of a new genus from South India". Peckhamia 124 (1): 7–10. http://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_124.1.pdf. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q27464297 entry
 |  |
