Soesilarishius

Soesilarishius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Soesilarishius
Makhan, 2007
Species: S. amrishi
Diversity
9 species

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

The type species S. amrishi is only known from male specimens, which are 3.1 mm long, with a dark brown carapace.

Validity

The genus describer Dewanand Makhan publishes in the Australian journal "Calodema", whose editor seems to have no quality standards whatsoever, while comparing scientists in general with Hitler and Stalin.[1] While Makhan's work on ants and beetles[2] is substandard (describing existing species without knowledge of the fundamental literature), Soesiladrishius seems to have been accepted by the arachnologist community, with eight species having been added by Gustavo Ruiz in 2011.

Name

The genus is named after the wife and a son of the describer, Soesila and Rishwan. The type species is named after another son, Amrish.

Species

References

  1. Myrmecos blog 2007-DEC-13: The Rogue Taxonomist
  2. Koleopterologische Rundschau 2006: Taxonomy and nomenclature threatened by D. Makhan
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