- Alfenus
Taxobox
name = "Alfenus"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia =Plexippinae
tribus =Plexippini
genus = "Alfenus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1902
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Alfenus
diversity = 2 species
type_species = "Alfenus calamistratus "
type_species_authority = Simon, 1902
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Alfenus" is a
genus ofjumping spider s.The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).
"A. calamistratus" has a characteristic hairy appearance.
The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 ("A. chrysophaeus") to 9 millimeters ("A. calamistratum") long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on "A. calamistratum" are white or brownish-orange.
pecies
* "
Alfenus calamistratus " Simon, 1902 —Congo
* "Alfenus chrysophaeus " Simon, 1903 —Equatorial Guinea orCameroon References
* Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2005): Redescriptions of little known jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from West Africa. "Acta zoologica hungarica" 51(4):357-378. [http://zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu/publication/actazool/51/4/szuts_scharff.pdf PDF] (with drawings)
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".
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