Biology:Talavera (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Talavera
Talavera aequipes.jpg
T. aequipes, male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Talavera
Peckham & Peckham, 1909[1]
Type species
T. minuta
(Banks, 1895)
Species

16, see text

Talavera is a genus of very small jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1909.[2] They average about 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length, and are very similar to each other. In particular, the Central European species are difficult to distinguish, even when their genital features are studied under a microscope.[3] The name refers to Talavera, a region of Spain where many have been found.

Species

(As of August 2019) it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in Europe, Asia, the United States , and Canada :[1]

  • Talavera aequipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China , Japan
  • Talavera aperta (Miller, 1971) – Europe to Central Asia
  • Talavera esyunini Logunov, 1992 – Sweden, Finland , Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
  • Talavera ikedai Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003Korea, Japan
  • Talavera inopinata Wunderlich, 1993 – France, Luxembourg, Switzerland , Germany , Austria
  • Talavera krocha Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – France to Central Asia
  • Talavera logunovi Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015Ukraine
  • Talavera milleri (Brignoli, 1983) – Portugal, Germany, Austria, Czech Rep., Slovakia
  • Talavera minuta (Banks, 1895) (type) – Canada , USA, Russia (East Siberia, Far East)
  • Talavera monticola (Kulczyński, 1884) – Central, Southern Europe
  • Talavera parvistyla Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Northern, Central Europe
  • Talavera petrensis (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe to Central Asia
  • Talavera sharlaa Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Russia (South Siberia)
  • Talavera thorelli (Kulczyński, 1891) – Europe to Central Asia, Mongolia
  • Talavera trivittata (Schenkel, 1963) – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia, China
  • Talavera tuvensis Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Russia (South Siberia)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Talavera Peckham & Peckham, 1909. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2992. Retrieved 2019-09-26. 
  2. Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1909). "Revision of the Attidae of North America". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 16 (1): 355–655. 
  3. Bellmann, Heiko (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos. ISBN 3-440-10746-9. 

Further reading

  • Logunov, D.V.; Kronestedt, T. (2003). "A review of the genus Talavera Peckham and Peckham, 1909 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Natural History 37 (9): 1091–1154. doi:10.1080/00222930110098391. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q655366 entry