- Pharacocerus
Taxobox
name = "Pharacocerus"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Plexippinae
tribus =Plexippini
genus = "Pharacocerus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1902
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Pharacocerus
diversity = 7 species
type_species = "Pharacocerus sessor "
type_species_authority = Simon, 1902
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text"Pharacocerus" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders).Most described species in this genus occur in
West Africa , with two found inMadagascar . Two species that were described from southernChina have been transferred to genus "Evarcha ". [Platnick 2007]"Pharacocerus" is possibly close to "Plexippus"Murphy & Murphy 2000: 277] .
Males are about four to six millimeters long.
pecies
* "
Pharacocerus castaneiceps " Simon, 1910 —Guinea-Bissau
* "Pharacocerus ebenauensis " Strand, 1908 —Madagascar
* "Pharacocerus ephippiatus " (Thorell, 1899) —Cameroon
* "Pharacocerus fagei " Berland & Millot, 1941 —Ivory Coast
** "Pharacocerus fagei soudanensis" Berland & Millot, 1941 —Mali
** "Pharacocerus fagei verdieri" Berland & Millot, 1941 —Guinea
* "Pharacocerus rubrocomatus " Simon, 1910 —Congo
* "Pharacocerus sessor " Simon, 1902 — Madagascar
* "Pharacocerus xanthopogon " Simon, 1903 —Equatorial Guinea Footnotes
References
* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".
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