Zebraplatys bulbus

Taxobox
name = "Zebraplatys bulbus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
genus = "Zebraplatys"
species = "Z. bulbus"
binomial = "Zebraplatys bulbus"
binomial_authority = Peng, Tso & Li, 2002

"Zebraplatys bulbus" is a species of jumping spider.

Appearance

The species has a very flat body, the carapace is dark to blackish brown.

Name

The specific name is derived from the spherical spermatheca of the vulva.

Distribution

"Z. bulbus" is only known from Taiwan.All other described "Zebraplatys" species are from Australia.

Literature

* (2002): Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae). "Zoological Studies" 41(1): 1-12. [http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/41.1/1.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".