Gramenca
| Gramenca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Gramenca Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 |
| Species: | G. prima |
| Binomial name | |
| Gramenca prima Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Gramenca is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its single described species is found in Guinea.
Name
The genus name is derived from Latin gramen "grass", which is the habitat of G. prima. prima means first, for this is the first described Gramenca species.
Appearance
The female spider is about 3mm long. The male is not yet known.
References
- Rollard, Ch. & Wesolowska, W. (2002): Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema 24(2):283-307 PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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