- Chloridusa
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Chloridusa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Euophryinae Genus: Chloridusa
Simon, 1902Species: C. viridiaurea Binomial name Chloridusa viridiaurea
Simon, 1902Diversity 1 species Chloridusa is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its only described species, C. viridiaurea, is found from Peru to Brazil.
Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek chloros "green", and the ending -usa, used in several salticid genera (such as Cotinusa, Sidusa, Stergusa and Ceglusa). The species name is Latin for "green and golden".
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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