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Charippus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Euophryinae Genus: Charippus
Thorell, 1895Species: C. errans Binomial name Charippus errans
Thorell, 1895Diversity 1 species Charippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, C. errans, is endemic to Burma.
The species was described from a single male in 1895. Thorell put it close to Euophrys. A redescription of this male, together with drawings of pedipalp, chelicerae and habitus, was provided by Fred Wanless in 1988.[1]
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Footnotes
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271
References
- Murphy, F. & Murphy, J. (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, United Selangor Press Sdn. Bhd.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
- Thorell, T. (1895): Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma. London: 1-406.
- Simon, E. (1901): Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 381-668. (in French)
- Prószyński, J. (1984): Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach 2: 1-177. (in Polish)
- Wanless, F.R. (1988): A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region. New Zealand J. Zool. 15: 81-172.
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