Magyarus

Magyarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Magyarus
Species: M. typicus
Binomial name
Magyarus typicus
Zabka, 1985[1]

Magyarus is a genus of jumping spiders with only one species, Magyarus typicus.[1] It is described from a single male specimen from Vietnam.[2]

Description

The male is 4 mm long. Its cephalothorax is brown, but darker around the eyes. The abdomen was damaged, but is thought to be grey-brown with yellow sides. Traces of a brown median band were visible. The legs are grey-orange with brown spines; the first pair is orange-brown and lighter inside. The male pedipalp is similar to that of Phlegra.[2]

Name

The genus name is derived from the original word for Hungary, Magyar. Zabka named another salticid genus in 1985 Lechia, after his home country Poland. (Lechia is now included in Laufeia.) Both species occur in Vietnam.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  2. 1 2 Murphy & Murphy 2000: 293

References

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