- Furculattus
Taxobox
name = "Furculattus"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Agoriinae
tribus =Dioleniini
genus = "Furculattus"
genus_authority = Balogh, 1980
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Furculattus
diversity = 1 species
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species = "F. maxillosus"
binomial = "Furculattus maxillosus"
binomial_authority = Balogh, 1980
synonyms ="Diolenius minotaurus" Wanless & Lubin, 1986"Furculattus" is a
genus of thespider familySalticidae (jumping spider s), with the single species "F. maxillosus". It occurs on theGazelle Peninsula ofNew Britain ,New Guinea , where it was found in the canopy of rain forests. [Wanless & Lubin 1986]Description
Both sexes have unusual "horns" between their posterior eyes. Females reach a body length of almost 3 mm, while males are slightly larger, which is unusual for spiders.
Relationships
"F. maxillosus" seems to be related to the genera "
Chalcolecta ", "Diolenius ", "Lystrocteissa ", "Sobasina ", "Tarodes ", "Udvardya " and several others [Szűts 2003] .Name
The genus name is a contraction of
furcula and the ending -attus, a common ending for salticid genera.Footnotes
References
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".
Further reading
* (1980): Studies on the Papuan Attidae (Araneae): "Furculattus maxillosus" gen. et sp. n. "Folia ent. hung." 41: 25-27.
* & aut|Lubin, Y.D. (1986): "Diolenius minotaurus" sp. nov., a remarkable horned jumping spider from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae). "J. nat. Hist." 20: 1211-1220.
* (2003): On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. "Folia entomologica hungarica" 64: 41-58. [http://salticidae.next-it.hu/PDF/szuts2003c_FOLIA.pdf PDF] (description and pictures)
* (2004): Rewizja taksonomiczna grupy Dioleniae (Araneae: Salticidae). PhD Thesis inAkademia Podlaska , Siedlce, Poland. ("A revision of the group Diolenieae (Araneae: Salticidae)"; in polish)External links
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/furculat/max-phgr.htm Photographs of "F. maxillosus"]
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