- Bristowia heterospinosa
Taxobox
name = "Bristowia heterospinosa"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Agoriinae
genus = "Bristowia "
species = "B. heterospinosa"
binomial = "Bristowia heterospinosa"
binomial_authority = Reimoser, 1934
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synonyms ="Bristowia heterospinosa" is a species of
jumping spider fromAsia . It was first found onKrakatau Murphy & Murphy 2000: 290] , but later also inVietnam ,Malaysia ,Singapore ,China ,Korea andJapan [Platnick 2007] .Although it was the only species in its genus until 2004, when a second species was found in
Africa , it is quite often found in habitats such as garden litter.Description
Both sexes are from 3 to 4 mm long. The deep orange
cephalothorax is almostrhombus shaped when viewed from the side. The eye field is black. The pale whitish orange, elongate ovalabdomen is narrower than the front part. A darkish line runs like a ring around it when viewed from the top. Some dark marks are present.The legs are relatively long and slender, with the first pair of legs much more robust than the others. The spines on the first pair are very long and strong, while those on the other legs are weak, and almost colorless, which gave the species its name. The robust parts of the front legs are brown, all the other segments and legs resemble the abdomen in color.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".
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