Nicylla
| Nicylla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Nicylla Thorell, 1890 |
| Species: | N. sundevalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicylla sundevalli Thorell, 1890 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Nicylla is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, N. sundevalli, occurs only in Burma.[1]
Thorell described a male and a female in 1890. While Eugène Simon was unsure where to place the genus, Proszynski (1968) drew the male pedipalp, chelicera and habitus, which indicate that the species is close to Thiania bhamoensis, which also occurs in Burma.[1]
Name
The genus name is derived from Νίκυλλα, a Greek name.
The species is named in honor of Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall, who described a number of spider species and genera in the 1830s.
Footnotes
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.
Further reading
- Tamerlan Thorell: 1892: Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1-490. p.449