Stenaelurillus setosus

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Stenaelurillus setosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Tribe: Aelurillini
Genus: Stenaelurillus
Species: S. setosus
Binomial name
Stenaelurillus setosus
(Thorell, 1895)
Synonyms

Philotherus setosus
Philotheroides setosus

Stenaelurillus setosus is a species of jumping spider from Burma. It was described from a single immature male specimen.[1]

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[edit] Description

The longish carapace is black with a dense black pubescense. THe head part is rusty with a whitish curved stripe on each side. On the opisthosoma there is a wide transverse whitish band at the front and a narrower one near the spinnerets. In between the color is black with two light circular spots and some other white marks. Except for the mostly yellow tarsi, the legs are black.[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Murphy & Murphy 2000: 282

[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.

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