Zeuxippus pallidus
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| Zeuxippus pallidus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Zeuxippus |
| Species: | Z. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zeuxippus pallidus Thorell, 1895 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rhene argentata | |
Zeuxippus pallidus is a spider species of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). It is found in Bangladesh, Burma, China and Vietnam.
Description
The male of Z. pallidus has an orange-brown hairy carapace. On the sides there are greyish-white, long hairs. The abdomen is greyish orange-brown with orange markings and light transverse streaks towards the rear. The legs are yellow-orange, except for the first pair, which is very hairy with long greyish-white and orange-brown hairs. The lighter female has greyish streaks on the sides of the abdomen.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289f
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings
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