Stichius

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Stichius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Stichius
Thorell, 1890
Species: S. albomaculatus
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Stichius albomaculatus
Thorell, 1890

Stichius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species is found in Sumatra.

The species is only known from a single male described in 1890. From the drawing of the male palp in Proszynski (1984), Stichius appears to be close to Harmochirus.[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 273

[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] Further reading

  • Prószyński, J. (1984): Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach 2: 1-177.