Darwinneon
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Genus: | Darwinneon Cutler, 1971
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Species: | D. crypticus
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Darwinneon crypticus Cutler, 1971
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Darwinneon is a genus of jumping spiders. Its only species, D. crypticus, occurs only on the Galapagos Islands.
Name
The genus name is a compound of the related genus Neon and Charles Darwin. Crypticus means "hidden" in Latin.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.