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Ergane (spider)

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Ergane
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Ergane
L. Koch, 1881[1]
Type species
E. cognata
L. Koch, 1881
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Afiola Peckham & Peckham, 1907[2]

Ergane is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1881.[3] Males of E. benjarei is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. The form of the pedipalp and the abdominal pattern suggest that Ergane is close to Chalcotropis.[4] It is named after the goddess Athena, called Athena Ergane as the patron of craftsmen and artisans.

Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found in the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, and Kiribati:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Ergane L. Koch, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. ^ Żabka, M. (1988). "Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 41: 454.
  3. ^ Koch, L. (1881). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1213–1271.
  4. ^ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). "An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia". Malaysian Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur: 284.