Alfenus
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Alfenus is a genus of jumping spiders.
The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).
A. calamistratus has a characteristic hairy appearance.
The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 (A. chrysophaeus) to 9 millimeters (A. calamistratum) long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on A. calamistratum are white or brownish-orange.
[edit] Species
- Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 — Congo
- Alfenus chrysophaeus Simon, 1903 — Equatorial Guinea or Cameroon
[edit] References
- Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2005): Redescriptions of little known jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from West Africa. Acta zoologica hungarica 51(4):357-378. PDF (with drawings)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
