Biology:Phanuelus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Phanuelus
Phanuelus gladstone male.jpg
male Phanuelus gladstone
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 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