Meata
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Meata is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) from China and Vietnam.
Both species are only known from female specimens[1].
M. typica from Vietnam is four mm long. Its carapace is orange-brown, dark around the eyes and covered with numerous white hairs. The opisthosoma is light grey with dark patches on the sides and at the rear, the legs are yellow-orange.[2]
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[edit] Species
- Meata fungiformis Xiao & Yin, 1991 — China
- Meata typica Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
[edit] External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings
