Uroballus peckhami

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Uroballus peckhami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Marpissinae
Tribe: Simaethini
Genus: Uroballus
Species: U. peckhami
Binomial name
Uroballus peckhami
Zabka, 1985

Uroballus peckhami is a spider species of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) that is known only from Vietnam.

This species is known only from a single female.[1]

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[edit] Description

The general body form is like those of other species in the genus. The carapace is dark orange. On the blackish eye area there are two dark spots. There are many white hairs on the sides. The abdomen is light grey with a dark grey spine-like pattern followed by chevrons. The legs are yellow with grey rings near the joints. The long spinnerets are also grey.[1]

[edit] Name

The species is named after arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham.

[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.