Biology:Zebraplatys bulbus

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Short description: Species of spider

Zebraplatys bulbus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Zebraplatys
Species:
Z. bulbus
Binomial name
Zebraplatys bulbus
Peng, Tso & Li, 2002

Zebraplatys bulbus is a species of jumping spider.

Appearance

The species has a very flat body, the carapace is dark to blackish brown.

Name

The specific name is derived from the spherical spermatheca of the vulva.

Distribution

Zebraplatys bulbus is only known from Taiwan. All other described Zebraplatys species are from Australia .

Literature

  • Peng, Xian-Jin; Tso, I-Min & Li, Shu-Qiang (2002): Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Studies 41(1): 1-12. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

Wikidata ☰ Q629432 entry