Udvardya
| Udvardya | |
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| in vitro male U. elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Udvardya Prószynski, 1992 |
| Species: | U. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Udvardya elegans (Szombathy, 1915) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Silerella elegans | |
Udvardya is a genus of jumping spider. Its only species, U. elegans, is endemic to New Guinea.
Males and females are similar in appearance. There are minor differences in the abdominal pattern, and males have small curved "horns" on their chelicerae. In both sexes, the first pair of legs are greatly enlarged.[1]
Behavior
Nothing is known about the biology of this species, as it is only known from dead specimens.
Name
The genus name is derived from the Hungarian biologist Miklos Udvardy;[1] elegans is Latin for "elegant".
References
Further reading
- Szombathy, Kálmán (1915): Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musee national hongrois. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung. 13: 478.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Udvardya elegans. |
- Diagnostic Drawings Library: Udvardya elegans (photographs and drawings)
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