- Xenocytaea
Taxobox
name = "Xenocytaea"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Euophryinae
tribus =Cytaeini
genus = "Xenocytaea"
genus_authority = Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Xenocytaea
diversity = 5 species
type_species = "Xenocytaea triramosa "
type_species_authority = Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Xenocytaea" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumpingspiders).Of all 150 salticid genera known from Australia and the entire Pacific, only "
Chalcotropis ", "Donoessus " and "Panysinus " resemble "Xenocytaea".Name
The genus name is a combination of Greek "ξένος" "strange, foreign" and the salticid genus "
Cytaea ". Indicates that despite the similarity of the two genera in male palpal structure, this group of species does not belong in "Cytaea".pecies
* "
Xenocytaea anomala " Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Caroline Is.)
* "Xenocytaea daviesae " Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
* "Xenocytaea maddisoni " Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
* "Xenocytaea triramosa " Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
* "Xenocytaea zabkai " Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)References
* Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. "Journal of Arachnology" 26(2):149-189. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v26_n2/JoA_v26_p149.pdf PDF]
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