Xenocytaea daviesae
Appearance
Xenocytaea daviesae | |
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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: | Xenocytaea |
Species: | X. daviesae
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Binomial name | |
Xenocytaea daviesae Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998
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Xenocytaea daviesae is a jumping spider.
Name
[edit]Named in honor of Valerie Todd Davies, a Salticid specialist from Queensland Museum, Australia.
Description
[edit]Xenocytaea daviesae males are about 3 mm long, with females slightly more than 4 mm.
Distribution
[edit]Xenocytaea daviesae is only known from Viti Levu, Fiji.
References
[edit]- Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2):149-189. PDF