Macaroeris
| Macaroeris | |
|---|---|
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| male M. nidicolens from Cologne, Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Macaroeris Wunderlich, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| Aranea nidicolens Walckenaer, 1802 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 9 species | |
Macaroeris is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is combined from Macaronesia, where most species of the genus occur, and the salticid spider genus Eris.
Species
- Macaroeris albosignata Schmidt & Krause, 1996 (Canary Islands)
- Macaroeris asiatica Logunov & Rakov, 1998 (Central Asia)
- Macaroeris cata (Blackwall, 1867) (Madeira, Romania)
- Macaroeris desertensis Wunderlich, 1992 (Madeira)
- Macaroeris diligens (Blackwall, 1867) (Madeira, Canary Islands)
- Macaroeris flavicomis (Simon, 1884) (Greece)
- Macaroeris litoralis Wunderlich, 1992 (Canary Islands)
- Macaroeris moebi (Bösenberg, 1895) (Canary Islands, Salvages, Madeira, China)
- Macaroeris nidicolens (Walckenaer, 1802) (Europe to Central Asia)
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