Euophrys kawkaban
| Euophrys kawkaban | |
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| The related Euophrys frontalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Euophrys |
| Species: | E. kawkaban
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| Binomial name | |
| Euophrys kawkaban Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007
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Euophrys kawkaban is a
Taxonomy
Euophrys kawkaban is a species of jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Antonius van Harten in 2007.[1] They allocated it to the genus Euophrys, which had been first circumscribed by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1934.[2] It was one of over 500 species identified by the Polish arachnologist Wesołowska during her career, more than any other contemporary writer and second only to the French archnologist Eugène Simon.[3] The genus is named for a Greek word that can be translated "fair eyebrows".[4] The species is named the place where it was first found.[5]
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Description
Euophrys kawkaban is a very small spider with a body divided into two main parts:
The spider's abdomen is smaller than its carapace. It has a top that is yellowish-white with a mosaic pattern of brownish-black spots that join together near the rear into what look like wavy bands. A dense carpet of light hairs cover the whole abdomen, varying from dark brown to white depending on the background, interspersed with longer brown bristles visible on the front edge. The underside is dark and marked with four pale lines that run from the front to the back.[14] The spider has yellow spinnerets, with darker patches visible at their base. Its legs are generally yellow with brown hairs, apart from the first pair, which are mainly black, except for some yellow parts, and have some long black hairs visible on the surface. The pedipalps are brownish-yellow.[13]
The spider has distinctive
Euophrys kawkaban is very similar to other species in the genus, showing very strong similarities in its comparative anatomy. The spider is closely related to Euophrys gambosa, but can be clearly identified by the presence of the tibial apophysis and the colour of the clypeus It also resembles Euophrys flavoater, although the clear difference between the shape of the tegulum and length of the embolus on this spider means that they can still be differentiated. [5]
Distribution
Euophrys spiders live across the world, although those found in North America may be accidental migrants.[15] Euophrys kawkaban is endemic to Yemen.[1] The holotype was discovered in 1998 near the town of Kawkaban, alter which it is named.[16]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c World Spider Catalog (2017). "Euophrys kawkaban Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Wesołowska & van Harten 2007, p. 207.
- ^ Wiśniewski 2020, p. 6.
- ^ Fernández-Rubio 2013, p. 127.
- ^ a b Wesołowska & van Harten 2007, p. 197.
- ^ Maddison 2015, p. 279.
- ^ Maddison 2015, p. 248.
- ^ Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer 2018, p. 34.
- ^ Maddison 2015, pp. 246.
- ^ Maddison & Hedin 2003, p. 538.
- ^ Prószyński 2017, pp. 71, 73.
- ^ Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer 2018, p. 33.
- ^ a b c Wesołowska & van Harten 2007, p. 196.
- ^ a b Wesołowska & van Harten 2007, p. 195.
- ^ Maddison & Hedin 2003, p. 543.
- ^ Wesołowska & van Harten 2007, p. 194.
Bibliography
- Fernández-Rubio, Fidel (2013). "La etimología de los nombres de las arañas (Araneae)" [The etymology of the names of spiders (Araneae)]. Revista ibérica de Aracnología (in Spanish) (22): 125–130. ISSN 1576-9518.
- S2CID 85680279.
- Maddison, Wayne P .; Hedin, Marshal C. (2003). "Jumping spider phylogeny (Araneae: Salticidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 17 (4): 529–549. doi:10.1071/IS02044.
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- Prószyński, Jerzy; Lissner, Jørgen; Schäfer, Michael (2018). "Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol". Ecologica Montenegrina (18): 26–74. .
- Wesołowska, Wanda; van Harten, Antonius (2007). "Additions to the knowledge of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen". Fauna of Arabia. 23: 189–269.
- Wiśniewski, Konrad (2020). "Over 40 years with jumping spiders: on the 70th birthday of Wanda Wesołowska". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 5–14. S2CID 232337200.