Xenocytaea
| Xenocytaea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Xenocytaea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Xenocytaea triramosa Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
Xenocytaea is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Of all 150 salticid genera known from Australia and the entire Pacific, only Chalcotropis, Donoessus and Panysinus resemble Xenocytaea.
Name
The genus name is a combination of Greek ξένος "strange, foreign" and the salticid genus Cytaea. Indicates that despite the similarity of the two genera in male palpal structure, this group of species does not belong in Cytaea.
Species
- Xenocytaea anomala Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Caroline Is.)
- Xenocytaea daviesae Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
- Xenocytaea maddisoni Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
- Xenocytaea triramosa Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
- Xenocytaea zabkai Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
References
- Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2):149-189. PDF
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