Matagaia
| Matagaia | |
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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: | Matagaia |
| Species: | M. chromatopus
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| Binomial name | |
| Matagaia chromatopus Ruiz, Brescovit & Freitas, 2007[1]
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Matagaia is a
Fernando de Noronha Island, an isolated group of volcanic islands located in the South Equatorial Atlantic, about 350 km from the nearest Brazilian mainland.[2]
Description
M. chromatopus is similar to the genus Icius in general appearance, sexual dimorphism and male palp structure. Females are almost 5 mm long, with males less than 4 mm.[2]
Name
The species name refers to the male leg coloration, and is said to be derived from ancient Greek chromos "color" and pus "foot".[2] Ιn ancient Greek, "color" and "foot" are respectively chrōma (χρῶμα, genitive χρῶματος) and pous (πούς).[3]
Notes
- ^ a b "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ a b c Ruiz et al. 2007
- ^ Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
References
- Ruiz, Gustavo R.S.; Brescovit, Antonio D. & Freitas, Gilson C.C. (2007): Spiders from Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Part II. Proposal of a new genus and description of three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24(3): 771-776. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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