Galianora sacha

Taxobox
name = "Galianora sacha"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Salticidae
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genus = "Galianora"
species = "G. sacha"
binomial = "Galianora sacha"
binomial_authority = Maddison, 2006
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"Galianora sacha" is a species of jumping spider from Ecuador.

This species is pale, elongate, long-legged and somewhat flattened. It superficially resembles the genera "Itata" or "Helpis". The first pair of legs is elongate and probably used for catching prey. Both sexes are pale and yellowish, except for pigmented areas around the eyes, dark speckles on the abdomen and some darker areas on the legs, especially the distal half of the first tibia. The fine hairs that cover the animal are mostly upright and black on the legs, and largely orange or white on the body. Orange hairs cover the pigmented integument around the eyes. Males are 5 mm long, females about 4 mm.Maddison 2006]

This species was collected from understory trees in lowland rainforest, near a small stream.

Name

The species name is derived from Quechua "sacha" "tree/forest", referring to its habitat, as well as to the place it was first found (Jatun Sacha, Ecuador).

Footnotes

References

* (2006): New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). "Zootaxa" 1255: 17-28. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006/zt01255p028.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".