Biology:Toticoryx

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Toticoryx
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Toticoryx
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]
Species:
T. exilis
Binomial name
Toticoryx exilis
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]

Toticoryx is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its single described species, Toticoryx exilis is found in Guinea.[1]

Name

The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. The specific name exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.[2]

Appearance

This spider is only 3 mm long and very flat. In general appearance it resembles Pseudicius. Only the female has been found.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Toticoryx Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3023, retrieved 2017-03-04 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rollard, Ch.; Wesołowska, W. (2002), "Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea", Zoosystema 24 (2): 283–307, http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2002n2a5.pdf, retrieved 2017-03-04 

Wikidata ☰ Q1310138 entry