Ergane (spider)

Ergane
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Ergane
L. Koch, 1881
Type species
Ergane cognata
L. Koch, 1881
Species

see text

Diversity
4 species

Ergane is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

The male of E. benjarei is 9 mm long. The conformation of the pedipalp and the abdominal pattern suggest that Ergane is close to Chalcotropis.[1]

Name

The goddess Athena was called Athena Ergane as the patron of craftsmen and artisans.

Species

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 284

References

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