Uroballus peckhami

Taxobox
name = "Uroballus peckhami"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Marpissinae
tribus = Simaethini
genus = "Uroballus"
species = "U. peckhami"
binomial = "Uroballus peckhami"
binomial_authority = Zabka, 1985
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"Uroballus peckhami" is a spider species of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) that is known only from Vietnam.

This species is known only from a single female.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289]

Description

The general body form is like those of other species in the genus. The carapace is dark orange. On the blackish eye area there are two dark spots. There are many white hairs on the sides. The abdomen is light grey with a dark grey spine-like pattern followed by chevrons. The legs are yellow with grey rings near the joints. The long spinnerets are also grey.

Name

The species is named after arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham.

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".