Paracyrba

Taxobox
name = "Paracyrba"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Spartaeinae
tribus = Cyrbini
genus = "Paracyrba"
genus_authority = Zabka & Kovac, 1996
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Paracyrba
diversity = 1 species
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species = "P. wanlessi"
binomial = "Paracyrba wanlessi"
binomial_authority = Zabka & Kovac, 1996

"Paracyrba" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, "P. wanlessi", is found only in Malaysia.

Its microhabitat are the water-filled hollow internodes of decaying bamboo, where it preys for aquatic animals, especially mosquito larvaeZhang "et al." 2006] In general only one specimen is found per occupied bamboo internodeMurphy & Murphy 2000: 294] .

Description

Females are up to 9 mm long, males 7 to 8. The spiders is generally dark colored. On the flattened carapace, there is a central whitish band, which is much larger in the female. On the opisthosoma there are four to five transverse, yellowish bands, and a light area near the spinnerets. The long, thin legs are suited for their stealthy, non-jumping movements. The genitals are very similar to those of "Cyrba", and "P. wanlessi" seems to have separated from it mainly due to its lifestyle.

Name

The genus name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" "near to" and the name of the related genus "Cyrba".

The species is named in honor of Fred R. Wanless, who contributed much to the knowledge about the subfamily Spartaeinae.

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2006): A new genus and species of jumping spiders (Araneae:Salticidae:Spartaeinae) from Malaysia. "The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 54(2): 241-244. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/54/54rbz241-244.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

Footnotes

* Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/paracyrb/wanlessi.htm Diagnostic drawings and photographs]