Hermotimus (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Hermotimus"


image_caption =
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Hermotimini
genus = "Hermotimus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1903
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Hermotimus
diversity = 1 species
species = "H. coriaceus"
binomial = "Hermotimus coriaceus"
binomial_authority = Simon, 1903

"Hermotimus" is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its sole species, "H. coriaceus", was found in West Africa.

Name

Hermotimus of Pedasa was an eunuch guardian of the Persian king Xerxes. However, the genus name could also refer to Hermotimus of Clazomenae, an early Greek philosopher.

The species name is derived from Latin, meaning "leathery".

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

* (1903): Arachnides de la Guinée espagnole. "Mém. Soc. esp. hist. nat." 1(3): 65-124.
* (1903): Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 669-1080.
* (1987): Atlas rysunkow diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyzszej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach. ("in polish")

External links

* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/hermotim/coriac.htm Diagnostic drawings]