Macaroeris

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Macaroeris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Tribe: Dendryphantini
Genus: Macaroeris
Wunderlich, 1992
Diversity
9 species
Type species
Aranea nidicolens
Walckenaer, 1802
Species

see text

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

[edit] Name

The genus name is combined from Macaronesia, where most species of the genus occur, and the salticid spider genus Eris.

[edit] Species

  • Macaroeris albosignata Schmidt & Krause, 1996 (Canary Islands)
  • Macaroeris asiatica Logunov & Rakov, 1998 (Central Asia)
  • Macaroeris cata (Blackwall, 1867) (Madeira, Romania)
  • Macaroeris desertensis Wunderlich, 1992 (Madeira)
  • Macaroeris diligens (Blackwall, 1867) (Madeira, Canary Islands)
  • Macaroeris flavicomis (Simon, 1884) (Greece)
  • Macaroeris litoralis Wunderlich, 1992 (Canary Islands)
  • Macaroeris moebi (Bösenberg, 1895) (Canary Islands, Salvages, Madeira, China)
  • Macaroeris nidicolens (Walckenaer, 1802) (Europe to Central Asia)

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