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Metanapis
''Metanapis'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *''Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti'' Brignoli, 1981 – Kenya *''Metanapis montisemodi'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal *'' Metanapis plutella'' (Forster, 1974) – Congo *''Metanapis tectimundi ''Metanapis'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *'' Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti ''Metanapi ...'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal References Anapidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Paolo Brignoli {{Anapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metanapis Bimaculata
''Metanapis'' is a genus of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *''Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti'' Brignoli, 1981 – Kenya *''Metanapis montisemodi'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal *''Metanapis plutella'' (Forster, 1974) – Congo *''Metanapis tectimundi'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal References Anapidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Paolo Brignoli {{Anapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metanapis Plutella
''Metanapis'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *''Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti'' Brignoli, 1981 – Kenya *''Metanapis montisemodi'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal *'' Metanapis plutella'' (Forster, 1974) – Congo *''Metanapis tectimundi ''Metanapis'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *'' Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti ''Metanapi ...'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal References Anapidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Paolo Brignoli {{Anapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metanapis Tectimundi
''Metanapis'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *'' Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti ''Metanapis'' is a genus of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1981. Species it contains five species: *''Metanapis bimaculata'' (Simon, 1895) – South Africa *''Metanapis mahnerti'' ...'' Brignoli, 1981 – Kenya *'' Metanapis montisemodi'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal *'' Metanapis plutella'' (Forster, 1974) – Congo *'' Metanapis tectimundi'' (Brignoli, 1978) – Nepal References Anapidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Paolo Brignoli {{Anapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anapidae
Anapidae is a family of rather small spiders with 231 described species in 58 genera. It includes the former family Micropholcommatidae as the subfamily Micropholcommatinae, and the former family Holarchaeidae. Most species are less than long. They generally live in leaf litter and moss on the floor of rain forest. Many build orb webs with a diameter less than . In some species, such as '' P. parocula'', the pedipalps of the female are reduced to coxal stumps. Description Spiders of this family are very small, usually less than two millimeters long, and lack a cribellum. They can have either six or eight eyes, the rear median eyes either reduced or missing. The carapace is modified so that the eyes are raised higher than usual. Color can range from reddish brown to yellowish brown. Both margins of chelicerae have teeth. The legs are short and spineless. The labium has a spur that extends between the chelicerae and can be seen when the chelicerae are spread. Distribution Anap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can reproduction, produce Fertility, fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araneomorphae
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down. Araneomorphs comprise the vast majority of living spiders. Distinguishing characteristics Most spider species are Araneomorphae, which have fangs that face towards each other, increasing the orientations they can employ during prey capture. They have fewer book lungs (when present), and the females typically live one year. The Mygalomorphae have fangs that face towards the ground, and which are parallel to the long axis of the spider's body, thus they have only one orientation they can employ during prey capture. They have four pairs of book lungs, and the females often live many years. Image:Atrax robustus.jpg, This '' Atrax robustus'' shows the orientation of Myglamorphae fangs. Ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Brignoli
Paolo Marcello Brignoli (25 April 1942 – 8 July 1986) was a prominent Italian entomologist. He studied a broad range of arachnid groups, including Araneidae, Acari, Ricinulei, Palpigradi, Schizomida, Opiliones, and Amblypygi. His research mainly focused on evolutionary systematics, taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, and biogeography. Over the course of his career, he described 23 new genera and 367 new species belonging to 33 different arachnid families. The International Society of Arachnology's Brignoli Award is named in his honor. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brignoli, Paolo 1942 births 1986 deaths Italian arachnologists Italian entomologists 20th-century Italian zoologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araneomorphae Genera
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down. Araneomorphs comprise the vast majority of living spiders. Distinguishing characteristics Most spider species are Araneomorphae, which have fangs that face towards each other, increasing the orientations they can employ during prey capture. They have fewer book lungs (when present), and the females typically live one year. The Mygalomorphae have fangs that face towards the ground, and which are parallel to the long axis of the spider's body, thus they have only one orientation they can employ during prey capture. They have four pairs of book lungs, and the females often live many years. Image:Atrax robustus.jpg, This '' Atrax robustus'' shows the orientation of Myglamorphae fangs. Imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiders Of Africa
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 50,356 spider species in 132 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel, however, as there is currently neither paleontological nor embryological evidence that spiders ever had a separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
