Telamonia

Telamonia
female T. dimidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Plexippinae
Genus: Telamonia
Thorell, 1887
Type species
Telamonia festiva
Thorell, 1887
Species

see text

Diversity
36 species

Telamonia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), found in rain forest,[1] mostly in Asia and parts of Africa.

Description

Telamonia is a colorful genus, with a slender opisthosoma and long legs. The color patterns vary considerably between sexes and species. Two longitudinal stripes along the abdomen are common, and the carapace is often colored.

Species

male T. vlijmi
male T. hasselti

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 299f

References

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