Meata
- for the village in Guinea see Meata, Guinea
| `spider' | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Meata Zabka, 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Meata typica Zabka, 1985 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Meata is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) from China and Vietnam.
Both species are only known from female specimens.[1]
M. typica from Vietnam is four mm long. Its carapace is orange-brown, dark around the eyes and covered with numerous white hairs. The opisthosoma is light grey with dark patches on the sides and at the rear, the legs are yellow-orange.[2]
Species
- Meata fungiformis Xiao & Yin, 1991 — China
- Meata typica Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
Footnotes
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings
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