Biology:Macopaeus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Macopaeus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Asemoneinae
Genus: Macopaeus
Simon, 1900[1]
Species:
M. spinosus
Binomial name
Macopaeus spinosus
Simon, 1900[1]

Macopaeus is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Madagascar . It contains only one species, Macopaeus spinosus.[1] Two other species (M. celebensis Merian, 1911 and M. madagascarensis Peckham & Peckham, 1903) were described in this genus in the early 20th century. However, these were transferred to the genus Brettus in 1980.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Salticidae". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2753. Retrieved 2017-04-17. 
  2. World Spider Catalog

References

  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

  • Wanless, Fred R. (1980): A revision of the spider genus Macopaeus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) 38: 219-223.

External links

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