Xenocytaea vonavonensis
Appearance
Xenocytaea vonavonensis | |
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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. vonavonensis
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Binomial name | |
Xenocytaea vonavonensis Patoleta, 2011
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Xenocytaea vonavonensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Xenocytaea. The male was first identified in 2011 by Barbara Maria Patoleta. The female has not been described.[1]
Description
The species has a brown cephalothorax with iridescent scales, which is 1.38 centimetres (1⁄2 in) long.[2]
Distribution
Xenocytaea vonavonensis is found on Vonavona in the Solomon Islands, after which the species is named.[2]
References
- ^ World Spider Catalog (2018). "Xenocytaea vonavonensis Patoleta, 2009". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b Patoleta, Barbara (2011). "New species of Xenocytaea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński 1998 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Fiji and the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 39 (2): 278. Retrieved 20 March 2018.