Udvardya
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 in vitro male U. elegans
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Silerella elegans |
Udvardya is a genus of jumping spider. Its only species, U. elegans, is endemic to New Guinea.
The first pair of legs of the male is greatly enlarged and almost looks like a claw. In addition, males have unique "teeth" on their chelicerae (see picture).
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[edit] Behavior
Nothing is known about the biology of this species, as it is only known from dead specimens. A possible use of the enlarged first legs and the teeth on the chelicerae could be in fights between males.
[edit] Name
The genus name is derived from the Hungarian biologist Miklos Udvardy, elegans is Latin for "elegant".
[edit] References
- Szombathy, Kálmán (1915): Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musee national hongrois. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung. 13: 478.
- Proszynski, Jerzy (1992): Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections. Annales zoologici, Warszawa 44: 114-115.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
[edit] External links
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- Diagnostic Drawings Library: Udvardya elegans (photographs and drawings)
