Lapsias

Taxobox
name = "Lapsias"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Spartaeinae
tribus = Spartaeini
genus = "Lapsias"
genus_authority = Simon, 1900
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Lapsias
diversity = 6 species
type_species = "Lapsias estebanensis"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1900
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Lapsias" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Phylogeny

"Lapsias", "Galianora" and "Thrandina" are informally classified as "lapsiines". These are believed to be basal jumping spiders, outside the Salticoida. While "Galianora" and "Thrandina" are sister genera, it is not certain if they form a clade with "Lapsias", or if the common characteristics are symplesiomorphic.Maddison 2006a]

pecies

* "Lapsias ciliatus" Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
* "Lapsias cyrboides" Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
* "Lapsias estebanensis" Simon, 1900 — Venezuela
* "Lapsias guianensis" Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
* "Lapsias melanopygus" Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
* "Lapsias tovarensis" Simon, 1901 — Venezuela

References

* (2006a): New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). "Zootaxa" 1255: 17-28. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006/zt01255p028.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

Further reading

* (2006): Lapsiines and hisponines as phylogenetically basal salticid spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). "Zootaxa" 1255: 37-55. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006/zt01255p055.pdf PDF]

External links

* Salticidae.org: [http://www.salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/lapsias/lapsias.htm Diagnostic drawings] of "L. estebanensis", "L. ciliatus", "L. cyrboides", "L. tovarensis"