Lakarobius

Lakarobius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Lakarobius
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998
Species: L. alboniger
Binomial name
Lakarobius alboniger
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998
Diversity
1 species

Lakarobius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, L. alboniger, is endemic to Fiji.

Name

Lakarobius signifies living in trees, from Greek lakara, a kind of tree, and bios, life. The epitheton alboniger means "white-black", because of the spider's black and white dorsal pattern.

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