Microhasarius
| Microhasarius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Hasariinae |
| Genus: | Microhasarius Simon, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Microhasarius pauperculus Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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Microhasarius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Description
Microhasarius have a yellowish-red carapace with a very thin black margin.[1] The cephalus and each side are black with some long whitish-yellow hairs. The abdomen is pale brown with a few dark spots and a dark, median stripe.[2]
Distribution
M. pauperculus is only known from Java, M. animosus only from Sarawak in northern Borneo.
Name
The genus name is combined from "micro" (Greek μικρός for "small") and Hasarius.
Species
- Microhasarius animosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Microhasarius pauperculus Simon, 1902 — Java
Footnotes
References
- Simon, E. (1902) Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite), Ann. Soc. ent. Belg., 46, p. 395
- Peckham, G. and Peckham, E. G. (1907) The Attidae of Borneo, Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let., '15, p. 608
- Proszynski, J. (1997) Genus Microhasarius (Simon, 1902), Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library, www site, accessed 15 June 2007
- 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.
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