Lictor (spider)
Appearance
Lictor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Lictor Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 |
Type species | |
L. tentativus (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001)
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Species | |
6, see text |
Lictor is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Wesołowska and Wiśniewski in 2023.[1] As of August 2024[update] the genus contains six species, found only in Africa:[2]
- Lictor conjugans (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) – Ivory Coast
- Lictor mirabilis (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011) – Nigeria
- Lictor pavidus (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) – Ivory Coast, Nigeria
- Lictor perspicuus (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2013) – Ivory Coast, Congo
- Lictor tchimbele Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2023 – Gabon
- Lictor tentativus (Szűts & Jocqué, 2001) – Ivory Coast (type species)
References
[edit]- ^ Wesołowska, Wanda; Wiśniewski, Konrad (2023). "A contribution to thiratoscirtines from Central Africa with description of new genera and species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 73 (3): 375–387. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2023.73.3.002.
- ^ "Gen. Lictor Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023". World Spider Catalog Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.