- Artabrus
Taxobox
name = "Artabrus"
image_caption = "A. planipudens"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia =Plexippinae
tribus =Plexippini
genus = "Artabrus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1902
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Artabrus
diversity = 3 species
type_species = "Plexippus erythrocephalus"
type_species_authority = C. L. Koch, 1846
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Artabrus" is a
genus ofjumping spider s.This genus resembles "
Epeus " in body shape and eye pattern, but has a different genital structure. It is said to be close to "Pseudamycus " [Murphy & Murphy 2000: 282f] . The epigynum of "A. planipudens" resembles "Plexippus" [Jerzy Proszynski on [http://salticidae.org/salticid/catalog/artabrus.htm Salticidae.org] ] , the genus in which it was originally described (as was "A. erythrocephalus"). "A. jolensis" and "A. planipudens" might belong to other genera [Zhang "et al." 2003] .Male "A. erythrocephalus" are about 11 mm long with a yellowish brown carapace and a reddish brown eye area. Females are slightly shorter. This species is found in
Singapore , and onJava andKrakatoa .pecies
* "
Artabrus erythrocephalus " (C. L. Koch, 1846) —Java ,Singapore
* "Artabrus jolensis " Simon, 1902 —Philippines
* "Artabrus planipudens " (Karsch, 1881) —Gilbert Islands Footnotes
References
* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2003): Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia. "The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 51(2): 187-195. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/51/51rbz187-195.pdf PDF] — "A. erythrocephalus"
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".Further reading
* (2002): The Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) as a model-area for zoogeographical study, a Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) perspective. "Annales zoologici" 52(3): 465-474. [http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/Zabkaworks/krakatau.pdf PDF]
External links
* Salticidae.org: [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/artabrus/erythr-p.htm Diagnostic drawings and photograph of "A. erythrocephalus"]
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