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Toticoryx

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Toticoryx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Toticoryx
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]
Species:
T. exilis
Binomial name
Toticoryx exilis
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]

Toticoryx is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its single described species, Toticoryx exilis is found in Guinea.[1]

Name

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The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. The specific name exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.[2]

Appearance

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This spider is only 3 mm long and very flat. In general appearance it resembles Pseudicius. Only the female has been found.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Toticoryx Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-04
  2. ^ a b Rollard, Ch. & Wesołowska, W. (2002), "Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea" (PDF), Zoosystema, 24 (2): 283–307, retrieved 2017-03-04