Stenaelurillus kavango
Stenaelurillus kavango | |
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The related Stenaelurillus albus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Stenaelurillus |
Species: | S. kavango
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Binomial name | |
Stenaelurillus kavango Wesołowska, 2014
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Stenaelurillus kavango is a species of jumping spider in the genus Stenaelurillus that lives in Namibia. It was first described in 2014 by Wanda Wesołowska from a holotype specimen found in the Kavango Region, after which it takes its name. Only the female has been identified. The spider is small, with a brown cephalothorax 2.8 mm (0.11 in) long and an abdomen 3.1 mm (0.12 in) long. The carapace is hairy, dark brown, and has four white streaks, while the abdomen is brown-black with light stripes. It can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the design of the epigyne, which is oval, and its bean-shaped spermathecae.
Taxonomy
Stenaelurillus kavango was first described by
Description
Only the female has been described. The spider is small and has an overall shape that is typical for the genus. The cephalothorax is typically 2.8 mm (0.11 in) long and 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide, while the abdomen is 3.1 mm (0.12 in) long and 2.4 mm (0.094 in) wide.[5] The spider has an almost oval carapace and abdomen.[8] The dark brown carapace is covered with hair and has two lateral white streaks with two more crossing the thorax. The abdomen is brown-black with a light coloured stripe across the middle. The chelicerae and legs are light brown. The eye field is very short and black covered in dense brown bristles and thick short setae. Some of the eyes are circled with short white hairs. The epigyne is oval and has central copulatory openings.[9] The epigyne is larger than the otherwise similar Stenaelurillus latibulbis but has bean-shaped spermathecae.[10] It also very similar to the species Stenaelurillus furcatus and Stenaelurillus guttiger, distinguished only by the shape and proportions of the insemination ducts and primary spermathecae.[11]
Distribution
The species is endemic to Namibia.[1] The holotype was identified in the Kavango Region based on a specimen collected in 1984. It is known only from that local area.[5]
References
Citations
- ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2017). "Stenaelurillus kavango Wesolowska, 2014". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Wiśniewski 2020, p. 6.
- ^ Logunov 2020, p. 202.
- ^ Fernández-Rubio 2013, p. 125.
- ^ a b c Wesołowska 2014, p. 604.
- ^ Maddison 2015, p. 279.
- ^ Prószyński 2017, p. 95.
- ^ Dippenaar-Schoeman 2014, p. 219.
- ^ Wesołowska 2014, p. 605.
- ^ Logunov & Azarkina 2018, p. 75.
- ^ Logunov & Azarkina 2018, p. 34.
Bibliography
- Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie (2014). Field Guide to South African Spiders. Pretoria: LAPA Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7993-6018-9.
- 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.
- Logunov, Dmitri V. (2020). "Further notes on the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1885 from India (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 201–214. S2CID 232339218.
- Logunov, Dmitri V.; Azarkina, Galina N. (2018). "Redefinition and partial revision of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (430): 1–126. .
- Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". The Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3): 231–292. S2CID 85680279.
- Prószyński, Jerzy (2017). "Pragmatic classification of the World's Salticidae (Araneae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 12: 1–133. .
- Wesołowska, Wanda (2014). "Further notes on the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Salticidae) in Africa with descriptions of eight new species". Zoosystema. 36 (3): 595–622. S2CID 86684221. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- Wiśniewski, Konrad (2020). "Over 40 years with jumping spiders: on the 70th birthday of Wanda Wesołowska". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 5–14. S2CID 232337200.