Artabrus
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| Artabrus | |
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| A. planipudens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Plexippinae |
| Genus: | Artabrus Simon, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Plexippus erythrocephalus C. L. Koch, 1846 |
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| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Artabrus is a genus of jumping spiders.
This genus resembles Epeus in body shape and eye pattern, but has a different genital structure. It is said to be close to Pseudamycus[1]. The epigynum of A. planipudens resembles Plexippus[2], the genus in which it was originally described (as was A. erythrocephalus). A. jolensis and A. planipudens might belong to other genera[3].
Male A. erythrocephalus are about 11 mm long with a yellowish brown carapace and a reddish brown eye area. Females are slightly shorter. This species is found in Singapore, and on Java and Krakatoa.
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[edit] Species
- Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Java, Singapore
- Artabrus jolensis Simon, 1902 — Philippines
- Artabrus planipudens (Karsch, 1881) — Gilbert Islands
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 282f
- ^ Jerzy Proszynski on Salticidae.org
- ^ Zhang et al. 2003
[edit] References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Zhang, J.X.; Song, D.X. & Li, Daiqin (2003): Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51(2): 187-195. PDF — A. erythrocephalus
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
[edit] Further reading
- Zabka, M. & Nentwig, W (2002): The Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) as a model-area for zoogeographical study, a Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) perspective. Annales zoologici 52(3): 465-474. PDF
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- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photograph of A. erythrocephalus
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