Leptathamas

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Leptathamas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Agoriinae Tribe: incertae sedis Genus: Leptathamas Balogh, 1980 Species: L. paradoxus
Binomial name
Leptathamas paradoxus Balogh, 1980

Leptathamas is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with one described species, which occurs only in New Guinea.

[edit] Name

The genus name is partly derived from Ancient Greek lepto "slender, fine".

[edit] Further reading

• Balogh, P. (1980). Studies on the Papuan Attidae (Araneae): Leptathamas paradoxus gen. et sp. n. Folia ent. hung. 41:29-31.

[edit] External links

• Diagnostic drawings of L. paradoxus
• Photograph of L. paradoxus (in vitro?)