Zebraplatys bulbus

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Zebraplatys bulbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zebraplatys
Species: Z. bulbus
Binomial name
Zebraplatys bulbus
Peng, Tso & Li, 2002

Zebraplatys bulbus is a species of jumping spider.

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[edit] Appearance

The species has a very flat body, the carapace is dark to blackish brown.

[edit] Name

The specific name is derived from the spherical spermatheca of the vulva.

[edit] Distribution

Z. bulbus is only known from Taiwan. All other described Zebraplatys species are from Australia.

[edit] Literature

  • Peng, Xian-Jin; Tso, I-Min & Li, Shu-Qiang (2002): Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Studies 41(1): 1-12. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.