Cytaea ponapensis

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Cytaea ponapensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cytaea
Species: C. ponapensis
Binomial name
Cytaea ponapensis
Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998

Cytaea ponapensis is a species of jumping spider.

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[edit] Name

The species is named after the island of Ponape in the Caroline Island, where the first specimens were collected.

[edit] Distribution

C. ponapensis is only known from Ponape in the Caroline Islands.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

  • Berry, J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF