Bristowia
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Bristowia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with two species. One is found in Africa, the other is Asia.
B. heterospinosa is about 3 to 4 mm long in both sexes[1].
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[edit] Name
The genus is named after naturalist and arachnologist W. S. Bristowe.
[edit] Species
- Bristowia afra Szűts, 2004 — Congo
- Bristowia heterospinosa Reimoser, 1934 — India, China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Krakatau
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 290
[edit] References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Szűts, T. (2004): A revision of the genus Bristowia (Araneae: Salticidae). Folia entomologica hungarica 65: 25-31. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
