Biology:Siler (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Siler
Siler cupreus.jpg
S. cupreus from Japan
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Siler
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
S. cupreus
Simon, 1889
Species

9, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Silerella Strand, 1906[2]

Siler is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.[3] They specialize in hunting ants.[4]

Species

(As of August 2019) it contains nine species, found only in Asia:[1]

  • Siler bielawskii Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
  • Siler collingwoodi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – China, Japan
  • Siler cupreus Simon, 1889 (type) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  • Siler flavocinctus (Simon, 1901) – Singapore
  • Siler hanoicus Prószyński, 1985 – Vietnam
  • Siler lewaense Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumba)
  • Siler pulcher Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
  • Siler semiglaucus (Simon, 1901) – India to Philippines
  • Siler severus (Simon, 1901) – China

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Siler Simon, 1889. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2960. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  2. Prószyński, J. (1984). "Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae)". Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach 2: 135. 
  3. Simon, E. (1889). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXIII. Descriptions de quelques espèces receillies au Japon, par A. Mellotée". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8 (6): 248–252. 
  4. Jackson, RR; Van Olphen, A (May 1992). "Prey‐capture techniques and prey preferences of Chrysilla, Natta and Siler, ant‐eating jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Kenya and Sri Lanka". Journal of Zoology 227 (1): 163–170. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb04351.x. https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb04351.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q238258 entry