Thianitara
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| Thianitara | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Thianitara Simon, 1903 |
| Species: | T. spectrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Thianitara spectrum Simon, 1903 |
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| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
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Thianitara is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, T. spectrum, is only found on Sumatra. However, there are undescribed species that belong to this genus in Malaysia and Sabah[1].
The male of T. spectrum is close to the genus Thiania[1].
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[edit] Name
The genus name is a combination of the salticid genera Thiania and Tara.
[edit] Footnotes
[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.
[edit] External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawing and color picture
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