- Darwinneon
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Darwinneon Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Euophryinae Genus: Darwinneon
Cutler, 1971Species: D. crypticus Binomial name Darwinneon crypticus
Cutler, 1971Darwinneon is a genus of jumping spiders. Its only species, D. crypticus, occurs only on the Galapagos Islands.
Name
The genus name is a compound of the related genus Neon and Charles Darwin. Crypticus means "hidden" in Latin.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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