Biology:Terralonus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Terralonus
Hedin Terralonus californicus 01.jpg
Male Terralonus californicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Terralonus
Maddison, 1996[1]
Type species
T. mylothrus
(Chamberlin, 1925)
Species

7, see text

Terralonus is a genus of United States jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 1996.[2]

Species

(As of August 2019) it contains seven species, found only in the United States :[1]

  • Terralonus banksi (Roewer, 1951) – USA
  • Terralonus californicus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA
  • Terralonus fraternus (Banks, 1932) – USA
  • Terralonus mylothrus (Chamberlin, 1925) (type) – USA
  • Terralonus shaferi (Gertsch & Riechert, 1976) – USA
  • Terralonus unicus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930) – USA
  • Terralonus versicolor (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) – USA

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Terralonus Maddison, 1996. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3005. Retrieved 2019-09-26. 
  2. Maddison, W. P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154: 215–368. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q504997 entry