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Menemerus Formosus
''Menemerus formosus'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus ''Menemerus'' that lives in Kenya. The species was first described in 1999 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 descriptions she has written during her lifetime. It is a small spider, with a brown carapace that is between long, with a darker eye field that is between long, and a yellowish abdomen between long. The female is larger than the male and has a pattern of silver patches on its abdomen. The legs are yellow. The species is similar to ''Menemerus bifurcus'', '' Menemerus magnificus'' and ''Menemerus transvaalicus'' but differs in the design of its copulatory organs. The male has a conductor that curves over its short embolus. The female has an epigyne that has a shallow depression and a furrow with a wide pocket. Taxonomy ''Menemerus formosus'' is a species of jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1999. It was one of over 500 species identified by the Polish arachnologist dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menemerus Semilimbatus
''Menemerus semilimbatus'' is a spider in the family Salticidae. Description ''Menemerus semilimbatus'' are about long, the male being slightly smaller than the female. These fairly big jumping spiders are dorso-ventrally flattened and are covered with short dense, grayish-white hairs, with hairy whitish palps and a white band on the side margins of the carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ..., showing also a small white, triangular marking in the middle. The eyes are large and forward-facing. The legs are light brown with darker rings and patches, while the abdomen is dorsally yellowish or grayish, with a characteristic pattern of several bright V-shaped markings. The females show a notch at the posterior edge of the epigyne and two oval depressions in the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Work on spiders His most significant work was ''Histoire Naturelle des Araignées'' (1892–1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa. Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid. The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. The Eocene fossil spider species '' Cenotextricella simoni'' was named in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptorchestes
''Leptorchestes'' is a genus of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae. As in several other genera of salticids, it mimicks ants. Species * '' Leptorchestes algerinus'' Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001 – Algeria * '' Leptorchestes berolinensis'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Europe to Turkmenistan * '' Leptorchestes mutilloides'' (Lucas, 1846) – Southern Europe, Algeria * '' Leptorchestes peresi'' ( Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean * '' Leptorchestes separatus'' Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001 – Namibia * '' Leptorchestes sikorskii'' Prószyński, 2000 – Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ... References * (2009)The world spider catalog version 9.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''. Further reading * (2001): A revision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kima
''Kima'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: * ''Kima africana'' Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – South Africa * ''Kima atra'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania * ''Kima montana'' Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001 – Kenya * ''Kima reimoseri'' (Lessert, 1927) – Republic of Congo * ''Kima variabilis ''Kima'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: * ''Kima africana'' Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – South Africa * '' Kima atra'' Wesołowska & Russell- ...'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa References Salticidae Salticidae genera Spiders of Africa {{Salticidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salticoida
Salticoida is an unranked clade of the jumping spider family Salticidae. It is the larger and more widespread of the two subdivisions of the "typical" jumping spiders (subfamily Salticinae), occurring effectively world-wide. Its sister clade is Amycoida, which is also very diverse ecologically but has a mostly South American distribution. Systematics and evolution Salticoida includes the bulk of extant jumping spider diversity, with over 400 genera organized phylogenetically into 18 tribes according to Wayne Maddison's 2015 proposal. The age and origin of the Salticoida are not well determined. Certainly, by the late Paleogene the major lineages were recognizably distinct as indicated by the fossil evidence and molecular phylogeny. Thus, the salticoids presumably originated during or around the PETM or a bit earlier, but no corresponding fossils have been found yet. Their sister lineage, the Amycoida, probably originated by dispersal across the ocean to South America, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clade (biology)
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, the equivalent Latin term ''cladus'' (plural ''cladi'') is often used in taxonomical literature. The common ancestor may be an individual, a population, or a species (extinct or extant). Clades are nested, one in another, as each branch in turn splits into smaller branches. These splits reflect evolutionary history as populations diverged and evolved independently. Clades are termed monophyletic (Greek: "one clan") groups. Over the last few decades, the cladistic approach has revolutionized biological classification and revealed surprising evolutionary relationships among organisms. Increasingly, taxonomists try to avoid naming taxa that are not clades; that is, taxa that are not monophyletic. Some of the relationships between organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Maddison
Wayne Paul Maddison , is a professor and Canada Research Chair at the departments of zoology and botany at the University of British Columbia, and the Director of the Spencer Entomological Collection at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. His research concerns the phylogeny, biodiversity, and evolution of jumping spiders (Salticidae), of which he has discovered new species and genera. He has also done research in phylogenetic theory, developing and perfecting various methods used in comparative biology, such as character state inference in internal nodes through maximum parsimony, squared-change parsimony, or character correlation through the concentrated changes test or pairwise comparisons. In collaboration with David R. Maddison, he worked on thMesquiteopen-source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-sourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysillini
Chrysillini is a tribe of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. In Maddison's 2015 revision of the family, the subfamily Heliophaninae was reclassified as a junior synonym of Chrysillini. Genera * '' Afraflacilla'' * '' Augustaea'' * '' Chrysilla'' * '' Cosmophasis'' * '' Echinussa'' * '' Epocilla'' * ''Festucula'' * ''Hakka'' * ''Helicius'' * '' Heliophanillus'' * ''Heliophanus'' * '' Helvetia'' * '' Icius'' * '' Kupiuka'' * ''Marchena'' * '' Matagaia'' * ''Menemerus'' * ''Mexcala'' * ''Natta'' * '' Ogdenia'' * '' Orsima'' * '' Paraheliophanus'' * '' Phintella'' * '' Plesiopiuka'' * '' Siler'' * '' Tasa'' * '' Theriella'' * ''Wesolowskana'' * ''Yepoella ''Yepoella'' is a monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of Argentinian Salticidae, jumping spiders containing the single species, ''Yepoella crassistyli''. It was first described by María Elena Galiano in 1970, and is found in Argentina. A second spec ...'' References Salticidae Spider tribes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family (biology), family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks from genus upwards are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Goat-antelope#Tribe Caprini, Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Scilloideae#Hyacintheae, Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phintella
''Phintella'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by W. Bösenberg & Embrik Strand in 1906. Species it contains fifty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, Asia, Europe, and Africa: *'' P. abnormis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan *'' P. accentifera'' ( Simon, 1901) – India, China, Vietnam *'' P. aequipeiformis'' Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam *'' P. aequipes'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Africa **'' Phintella a. minor'' (Lessert, 1925) – East Africa *'' P. africana'' Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia *'' P. albopatella (Petrunkevitch, 1914) – Myanmar *'' P. arcuata'' Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 – China *'' P. arenicolor'' (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan *'' P. argentea'' Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 – Sri Lanka *'' P. argenteola'' (Simon, 1903) – Vietnam *'' P. assamica'' Prószyński, 1992 – India, Laos *'' P. australis'' (Simon, 1902) – South Africa *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helvetia
Helvetia () is the female national personification of Switzerland, officially ''Confoederatio Helvetica,'' the Swiss Confederation. The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing gown, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag, and commonly with braided hair, commonly with a wreath as a symbol of confederation. The name is a derivation of the ethnonym '' Helvetii'', the name of the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the Swiss Plateau before the Roman conquest. History The fashion of depicting the Swiss Confederacy in terms of female allegories arises in the 17th century. This replaces an earlier convention, popular in the 1580s, of representing Switzerland as a bull (''Schweizer Stier''). In the first half of the 17th century, there was not a single allegory identified as ''Helvetia''. Rather, a number of allegories were shown, representing both virtues and vices of the confederacy. On the title page of his 1642 ''Topographia'', Matthäus Merian shows two allego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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