- Attidops
Taxobox
name = "Attidops"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia =Marpissiniae
tribus =Itatini
genus = "Attidops"
genus_authority = Banks, 1905
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Attidops
diversity = 4 species
type_species = "Ballus youngii"
type_species_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1888
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Attidops" is a
genus ofjumping spider s. It is closely related to the genera "Ballus ", "Admestina " and "Icius ", possibly derived from theDendryphantinae .Edwards 1999]Description
"Attidops" are from two to three millimeters in body length, with a dark reddish-brown prosoma which is darker around the eyes. On the underside, and on the legs they are reddish- to yellowish-brown. The entire body, but especially the sides are sparsely covered with short white hairs and translucent clear to white flattened hairs that look like scales. The sexes look similar to each other.
Distribution
Spiders of this genus occur in
North America fromCanada toMexico .World Spider Catalog]Name
The genus name is combined from "-attus", a common ending for salticid genera, and Greek '-ops' "to look like". Banks (1905) created the genus in a footnote, stating simply "Attidops", a new genus for "Ballus youngi" Peck".
pecies
* "
Attidops cinctipes " (Banks, 1900) —USA
* "Attidops cutleri " Edwards, 1999 — USA,Mexico
* "Attidops nickersoni " Edwards, 1999 — USA
* "Attidops youngi " (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) — USA,Canada Footnotes
References
* (1999): The genus "Attidops" (Aranaea, Salticidae). "Journal of Arachnology" 27: 7-15. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v27_n1/arac_27_01_0007.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".External links
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/anasait/canos-gb.htm Pictures of "A. cinctipes"]
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/attidops/nick-gb.htm Pictures of "A. nickersoni"]
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