Echeclus

For the minor planet, see 60558 Echeclus.
Echeclus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hasariinae
Genus: Echeclus
Thorell, 1890
Species: E. concinnus
Binomial name
Echeclus concinnus
Thorell, 1890
Diversity
1 species

Echeclus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its only described species, E. concinnus, is endemic to Malaysia.

The species was originally described by Thorell from a single male specimen from Penang. It is preserved in the Museo Civico of Genoa. Another male specimen was found in Johor by Frances and John Murphy.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 283

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