Cytaea levii

Cytaea levii
Cytaea levii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cytaea
Species: C. levii
Binomial name
Cytaea levii
Peng & Li, 2002

Cytaea levii is a species of jumping spider.

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Appearance

The species is allied to C. alburna.

Name

C. levii is named in honor of H.W. Levi, a mentor of one of the first describers at Harvard University.

Distribution

C. levii is only known from Taiwan.

References

  • Xian-Jin Peng and Shu-Qiang Li (2002): Four new and two newly recorded species of Taiwanese jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) deposited in the United States. Zoological Studies 41(3): 337-345. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.


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