Planiemen rotundus

Taxobox
name = "Planiemen rotundus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Ballinae
tribus = Ballini
genus = "Planiemen"
genus_authority = Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Planiemen
diversity = 1 species
species = "P. rotundus"
binomial = "Planiemen rotundus"
binomial_authority = (Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994)
range_

range_map_width = 250px
synonyms = "Pachyballus rotundus"

"Planiemen" is a genus of jumping spider erected in 2007 for the species formerly classified as "Pachyballus rotundus". It is endemic to Yemen.

This dark-colored species is almost round in appearance. Cephalothorax and opisthosoma are each about 2 mm long.

References

* (2007): Additions to the knowledge of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen. "Fauna of Arabia" 23: 56-58.
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/planiemen/rotu-kph.htm Photographs of "P. rotundus"]