Lapsias
| Lapsias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Lapsias Simon, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Lapsias estebanensis Simon, 1900 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 9 species | |
Lapsias is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Phylogeny
Lapsias, Galianora and Thrandina are informally classified as "lapsiines". These are believed to be basal jumping spiders, outside the Salticoida. While Galianora and Thrandina are sister genera, it is not certain if they form a clade with Lapsias, or if the common characteristics are symplesiomorphic.[1]
Description
Lapsias lorax is typical of the genus, with large eyes and prominent male palps. [2] There is a short video of Lapsias lorax, showing typical jumping spider behavior.[3]
Species
- Lapsias canandea Maddison, 2012 — Ecuador[4]
- Lapsias ciliatus Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
- Lapsias cyrboides Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
- Lapsias estebanensis Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
- Lapsias guamani Maddison, 2012 — Ecuador[4]
- Lapsias guianensis Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
- Lapsias lorax Maddison, 2012 — Ecuador[4]
- Lapsias melanopygus Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
- Lapsias tovarensis Simon, 1901 — Venezuela
References
- ↑ Maddison 2006a
- ↑ [ Dr. Heiko Metzner | 2014 | Worldwide database of jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)http://www.jumping-spiders.com/index_wiki.php?id=7624] Retrieved January 27 2014
- ↑ [Dr Wayne Maddison, Beaty Biodiversity Museum http://vimeo.com/50697273] Retrieved January 27 2014
- 1 2 3 Maddison, Wayne P. (15 August 2012). "Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 3424: 51–65. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- Maddison, Wayne P. (2006a): "New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)." Zootaxa 1255: 17–28. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
- Maddison, Wayne P. & Needham, K.M. (2006): "Lapsiines and hisponines as phylogenetically basal salticid spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)." Zootaxa 1255: 37–55. PDF
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of L. estebanensis, L. ciliatus, L. cyrboides, L. tovarensis
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