- Araneotanna
Taxobox
name = "Araneotanna"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Spartaeinae
tribus =Spartaeini
genus = "Araneotanna"
genus_authority = Özdikmen & Kury, 2006
species = "A. ornatipes"
binomial = "Araneotanna ornatipes"
binomial_authority = (Berland, 1938)
range_
range_map_width = 250px
synonyms ="Tanna ornatipes""Araneotanna" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders) with only one species, "A. ornatipes", that occurs only on theNew Hebrides .Name
The genus was named "Tanna" until 2006, when it had to be replaced due to a conflict with a genus of the same name in the
Homoptera n familyCicadidae , "Tanna" Distant, 1905.Tanna is an island of
Vanuatu . The salticid genus "Efate" is also named after an island of Vanuatu.References
* (2006): Three homonymous generic names in Araneae and Opiliones. "The Journal of Arachnology" 34: 279-280. [http://acd.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/aracnopdfs/Ozdykmen%20&%20Kury%202006%20JOA%2034-01-0279.pdf PDF]
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