Thianitara

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thianitara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Tribe: Thianiini
Genus: Thianitara
Simon, 1903
Species: T. spectrum
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Thianitara spectrum
Simon, 1903

Thianitara is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, T. spectrum, is only found on Sumatra. However, there are undescribed species that belong to this genus in Malaysia and Sabah[1].

The male of T. spectrum is close to the genus Thiania[1].

Contents

[edit] Name

The genus name is a combination of the salticid genera Thiania and Tara.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289

[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