Zebraplatys bulbus
Appearance
Zebraplatys bulbus | |
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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: | Zebraplatys |
Species: | Z. bulbus
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Binomial name | |
Zebraplatys bulbus Peng, Tso & Li, 2002
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Zebraplatys bulbus is a species of jumping spider.
Appearance
[edit]The species has a very flat body, the carapace is dark to blackish brown.
Name
[edit]The specific name is derived from the spherical spermatheca of the vulva.
Distribution
[edit]Zebraplatys bulbus is only known from Taiwan. All other described Zebraplatys species are from Australia.
Literature
[edit]- Peng, Xian-Jin; Tso, I-Min & Li, Shu-Qiang (2002): Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Studies 41(1): 1-12. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.