- Lilliput (genus)
Taxobox
name = "Lilliput"
image_caption =
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Euophryinae
tribus =Euophryini
genus = "Lilliput"
genus_authority = Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Lilliput
diversity = 3 species
type_species = "Lilliput mkomaziensis "
type_species_authority = Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Lilliput" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders), with three described species that all occur in theMkomazi Game Reserve ofTanzania .Description
These minute spiders range in body length from 1.5 to 3 mm. Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker.
Relationships
This genus is related to the genera "
Euophrys " and "Talavera ".Name
The genus name is derived from
Lilliput , a land inJonathan Swift 's bookGulliver's Travels that is inhabited by minute people.pecies
* "
Lilliput minutus " Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)
* "Lilliput mkomaziensis " Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
* "Lilliput pusillus " Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)References
* Wesolowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae: Salticidae). "Trop. Zool." 13: 11-127. [http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/tropicalzoology/article/download/40/39 PDF] (with description of all species)
External links
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/lilliput/lilliput.htm Diagnostic drawings of the three species]
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