Menemerus animatus

Menemerus animatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Menemerus
Species: M. animatus
Binomial name
Menemerus animatus
O. P-Cambridge, 1876

Menemerus animatus is a jumping spider first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in Egypt.[1] It is found in an area that includes the Mediterranean Sea and the northern part of Afrotropical Region. It is related to Menemerus davidi, Menemerus guttatus, Menemerus modestus and Menemerus silver.[2]

References

  1. Pickard-Cambridge, Octavius (1876). "Catalogue of a collection of a spiders made in Egypt, with descriptions of new species and characters of a new genus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1876: 622.
  2. Wesołowska, W. (1999). "A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Genus. 10: 260–263.
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