Toticoryx
| Toticoryx | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Toticoryx Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 |
| Species: | T. exilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Toticoryx exilis Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Toticoryx is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species is found in Guinea.
Name
The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.
Appearance
This spider is only 3mm long and very flat. The habitus resembles Pseudicius.
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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