Jump to content

Telamonia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Telamonia
Female Telamonia dimidiata
male T. vlijmi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Telamonia
Thorell, 1887[1]
Type species
T. festiva
Thorell, 1887
Species

39, see text

Telamonia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.[2] They are colorful spiders, with patterns that vary considerably between sexes and species. Two longitudinal stripes along the abdomen are common, and the carapace is often colored. They have a slender opisthosoma and long legs.[2]

Species

[edit]
male T. hasselti

As of August 2019 it contains thirty-nine species and two subspecies, found in the rain forests[3] of Africa and Asia, including Papua New Guinea:[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Gen. Telamonia Thorell, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. ^ a b Thorell, T. (1887). "Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 25: 5–417.
  3. ^ Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
[edit]