Toticoryx

Toticoryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Toticoryx
Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002
Species: T. exilis
Binomial name
Toticoryx exilis
Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002
Diversity
1 species

Toticoryx is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species is found in Guinea.

Name

The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.

Appearance

This spider is only 3mm long and very flat. The habitus resembles Pseudicius.

References

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