Lapsias

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Lapsias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Tribe: Spartaeini
Genus: Lapsias
Simon, 1900
Diversity
6 species
Type species
Lapsias estebanensis
Simon, 1900
Species

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Lapsias is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

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[edit] Phylogeny

Lapsias, Galianora and Thrandina are informally classified as "lapsiines". These are believed to be basal jumping spiders, outside the Salticoida. While Galianora and Thrandina are sister genera, it is not certain if they form a monophylic clade with Lapsias, or if the common characteristics are symplesiomorphic.[1]

[edit] Species

  • Lapsias ciliatus Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
  • Lapsias cyrboides Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
  • Lapsias estebanensis Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
  • Lapsias guianensis Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
  • Lapsias melanopygus Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
  • Lapsias tovarensis Simon, 1901 — Venezuela

[edit] References

  1. ^ Maddison 2006a
  • Maddison, Wayne P. (2006a): New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1255: 17-28. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

[edit] Further reading

  • Maddison, Wayne P. & Needham, K.M. (2006): Lapsiines and hisponines as phylogenetically basal salticid spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1255: 37-55. PDF

[edit] External links

  • Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of L. estebanensis, L. ciliatus, L. cyrboides, L. tovarensis
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