Holoplatys

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Holoplatys
Holoplatys semiplanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Marpissinae
Genus: Holoplatys
Simon, 1885
Type species
Marptusa planissima
L. Koch, 1879
Species

see text

Diversity
38 species

Holoplatys is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

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[edit] Description

Holoplatys have a long, flat, oval cephalothorax, which is truncated anteriorly, and a long, flat, oval abdomen. They are often found under the bark of trees, especially eucalyptus. They have a resemblance to Marpissa.[1]

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 274

[edit] References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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