Enoplomischus
Appearance
Enoplomischus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931[1] |
Type species | |
E. ghesquierei Giltay, 1931
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Species | |
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Enoplomischus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by L. Giltay in 1931.[2] As of June 2019[update], it contains only two species, found only in Africa: E. ghesquierei and E. spinosus.[1] It has a large, spike-like process on its pedicel that probably mimics a similar spike present in the anterior part of the abdomen of Odontomachus ants after which these spiders seem to be modeled.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Giltay, L. (1931). "Notes arachnologiques africaines. IV. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Leptorchestinae (Salticidae unidentati)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 21: 167–170.
- ^ Wesołowska, W. (2005). "A new species of Enoplomischus from Kenya (Araneae: Salticidae: Leptorchestinae)" (PDF). Genus. 16 (2): 307–311. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2006-07-05.