- Macopaeus
Taxobox
name = "Macopaeus"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Lyssomaninae
genus = "Macopaeus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1900
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Macopaeus
diversity = 1 species
species = "M. spinosus"
binomial = "Macopaeus spinosus"
binomial_authority = Simon, 1900
range_
range_map_width = 250px"Macopaeus" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, "Macopaeus spinosus", is endemic toMadagascar .Two other species ("M. celebensis" Merian, 1911 and "M. madagascarensis" Peckham & Peckham, 1903) were described in this genus in the early 20th century. However, these were transferred to the genus "
Brettus " in 1980. [World Spider Catalog]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): A revision of the spider genus "Macopaeus" (Araneae: Salticidae). "Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist." (Zool.) 38: 219-223.
External links
* Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/macopaeu/spinosus.htm Diagnostic drawings]
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