Pseudofluda
| Pseudofluda | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Synemosyninae |
| Genus: | Pseudofluda Mello-Leitão |
| Species: | P. pulcherrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudofluda pulcherrima Mello-Leitão, 1928 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Pseudofluda is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Pseudofluda pulcherrima, is found in Brazil.
The male of this species is 2.5 mm long. The cephalothorax is chestnut-colored to black, with a chestnut colored spot on the posterior region. A white line goes along the length of the cephalothorax. The back of the abdomen is tawny with violet and green metallic scales. The species was first found in Petropolis, Brazil.[1]
Name
The genus name is combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Fluda (see also Parafluda). The species name is derived from Latin pulcher "beautiful".
References
- ↑ Mello-Leitão 1928
- Mello-Leitão, C.F. de (1928): Novas notas arachnologicas. VI-IX. Bol. Mus. nac. Rio-de-Jan 4(3): 49-54. (in Portuguese)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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