Wanlessia
| Wanlessia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| Wanlessia sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Wanlessia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). It is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with a well-developed palpal conductor.[1] Both species are only described from male specimens.[2]
Wanlessia is related to Portia.[3]
Description
The male of W. sedgwicki is about 4 mm long. Its carapace is yellowish-brown with irregular black markings, with a lighter area around the fovea. The whitish-yellow opisthosoma has similar markings at the rear and is covered with amber-grey hairs. The dark yellowish-brown legs bear black rings on some segments.[3]
Name
The genus is named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera in the 1970 and '80s.
Species
- Wanlessia denticulata Peng, Tso & Li, 2002 — Taiwan
- Wanlessia sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992 — Borneo (Sarawak)
Footnotes
References
- Wijesinghe, D.P. (1992): A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the Spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40: 9-19. PDF
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (200): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of W. denticulata
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