Galianora bryicola
| Galianora bryicola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Galianora |
| Species: | G. bryicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Galianora bryicola Maddison, 2006 | |
Galianora bryicola is a species of jumping spider from Ecuador.
Males are about 4 mm long, adult females are not yet known. This species is brown with a generalized salticid body form. The carapace is brown to black with a pale central longitudinal stripe on the thorax. The back of the abdomen is medium brown with indistinct speckling, the underside is black.[1]
One male was collected on a tree trunk, several juveniles were collected by beating moss-covered branches and tree trunks in the understory of lowland rainforest.[1]
Name
The species name refers to the habitat of mossy tree trunks: bryicola means "dwelling on moss".[1]
Footnotes
References
- Maddison, Wayne P. (2006): New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1255: 17-28. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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