Padilla javana

Taxobox
name = "Padilla javana"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Ballinae
tribus = Ballini
genus = "Padilla"
species = "P. javana"
binomial = "Padilla javana"
binomial_authority = Simon, 1900
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"Padilla javana" is the only species of jumping spider in the genus "Padilla" which occurs on Java, with most others found in Madagascar, and one in China.

Description

The cephalothorax is flat and long, with the thorax much longer than the head part. It is of a leathery dark brown, with the cephalus and the sides black. On the thorax there is a broad median yellow stripe, edged with yellow hairs. The abdomen is smooth and black with a vague median stripe. The front legs are very robust and dark, with yellowish tips. All other legs are pale yellow. The male lacks the characteristic process of the chelicera found in most other males of the genus "Padilla". [Murphy & Murphy 2000: 276f]

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".