Laufeia

Taxobox
name = "Laufeia"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Laufeiini
genus = "Laufeia"
genus_authority = Simon, 1889
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Laufeia
diversity = 9 species
type_species = "Laufeia aenea"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1889
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Laufeia" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with Asian distribution, where they are found on shrubs and other plants.

Relationships

Also most species of this genus are probably congeneric, they do probably not belong to the type species, "L. aenea" (Bohdanowicz & Proszynski, 1987).

Name

The genus name is possibly derived from "Laufeia" the mother of the Norse god, Loki.

pecies

* "Laufeia aenea" Simon, 1889 — China, Korea, Japan
* "Laufeia aerihirta" (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand
* "Laufeia eucola" (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra
* "Laufeia keyserlingi" (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra, Java
* "Laufeia liujiapingensis" Yang & Tang, 1997 — China
* "Laufeia perakensis" (Simon, 1901) — Malaysia, Java
* "Laufeia proszynskii" Song, Gu & Chen, 1988 — China
* "Laufeia sasakii" Ikeda, 1998 — Japan
* "Laufeia scutigera" Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam

References

* Bohdanowicz, A. & J. Prószyński. Systematic studies on East Palaearctic Salticidae (Araneae), IV. Salticidae of Japan. "Annls zool. Warsz." 41: 43-151.

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/laufeia/laufeia.htm Diagnostic drawings of "Laufeia" species]
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/laufeia/laufe-ph.htm Photograph of a "Laufeia" species]