Alfenus

Alfenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Plexippinae
Genus: Alfenus
Simon, 1902
Series: Entelegynae
Type species
Alfenus calamistratus
Simon, 1902
Species

see text

Diversity
2 species

Alfenus is a genus of jumping spiders.

The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).

A. calamistratus has a characteristic hairy appearance.

The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 (A. chrysophaeus) to 9 millimeters (A. calamistratum) long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on A. calamistratum are white or brownish-orange.

Species

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