Uroballus
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Uroballus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
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[edit] Description
Uroballus are about 3 mm long in both sexes. The cephalothorax is very broad, almost square. The abdomen is oval, the first pair of legs thick and short with swollen femora. The other legs are weak. The spinnerets are very long and thin.[1]
[edit] Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek uro "tail" and the salticid genus Ballus, probably referring to the long spinnerets.
[edit] Species
- Uroballus henicurus Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
- Uroballus octovittatus Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
- Uroballus peckhami Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 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.
