Biology:Zeuxippus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
Zeuxippus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891[1] |
Type species | |
Z. histrio Thorell, 1891
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Species | |
4, see text |
Zeuxippus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2] They look similar to members of Rhene, but their abdomen is longer, more obtuse, and thinner. In addition, the first pair of legs is thicker than the others.[3]
Species
(As of September 2019) it contains four species, found in Asia:[1]
- Zeuxippus atellanus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 (type) – India
- Zeuxippus pallidus Thorell, 1895 – Bangladesh, Myanmar, China , Vietnam
- Zeuxippus yunnanensis Peng & Xie, 1995 – China
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3064. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24 (2): 1–149.
- ↑ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8.
Wikidata ☰ Q506471 entry
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