Echeclus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Hasariinae |
Genus: | Echeclus Thorell, 1890 |
Species: | E. concinnus |
Binomial name | |
Echeclus concinnus Thorell, 1890 |
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Diversity | |
1 species |
Echeclus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its only described species, E. concinnus, is endemic to Malaysia.
The species was originally described by Thorell from a single male specimen from Penang. It is preserved in the Museo Civico of Genoa. Another male specimen was found in Johor by Frances and John Murphy[1].