Gelotia
| Gelotia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Gelotia Thorell, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 9 species | |
Gelotia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Gelotia is close to the salticid genera Cocalus and Mintonia. Spiders of this genus are dull colored and stealthy and do not jump.
The genus is named after the Roman name "Gelotius".
Species
As of May 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Gelotia argenteolimbata (Simon, 1900) – Singapore
- Gelotia bimaculata Thorell, 1890 – Borneo
- Gelotia bouchardi (Simon, 1903) – Sumatra
- Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 – Sumatra
- Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 – Sri Lanka
- Gelotia robusta Wanless, 1984 – New Britain
- Gelotia salax (Thorell, 1877) – Sulawesi
- Gelotia syringopalpis Wanless, 1984 – China, Malaysia, Borneo
- Gelotia zhengi Cao & Li, 2016 – China
References
- ↑ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Gelotia Thorell, 1890". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
External links
Further reading
- Tamerlan Thorell: 1892: Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1-490. p.344
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