''Sandalodes'' is a
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 n ...
of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping ...
that was first described by
Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia
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in 1883.
''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in
eucalypt
Eucalypt is a descriptive name for woody plants with capsule fruiting bodies belonging to seven closely related genera (of the tribe Eucalypteae) found across Australasia:
''Eucalyptus'', '' Corymbia'', '' Angophora'', '' Stockwellia'', '' Allo ...
forests on the
Darling Downs
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.
Species
it contains nine species, found only in
Papua New Guinea
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,
Australia, and on
Sulawesi:
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Sandalodes albovittatus
''Sandalodes'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. ''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.
Species
it ...
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(Keyserling, 1883) –
Australia (
Queensland
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)
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Sandalodes bernsteini''
( Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Sandalodes bipenicillatus''
(Keyserling, 1882) (
type
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) – Australia (Queensland,
New South Wales
)
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)
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Sandalodes celebensis''
Merian, 1911 –
Indonesia
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(
Sulawesi)
*''
Sandalodes joannae
''Sandalodes'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. ''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.
Species
it contains ni ...
''
Zabka, 2000 – Australia (
Western Australia
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)
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Sandalodes minahassae
''Sandalodes'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. ''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.
Species
it contains ni ...
''
Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Sandalodes pumicatus
''Sandalodes'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. ''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.
Species
it contains ni ...
''
(Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Sandalodes scopifer
''Sandalodes'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. ''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.
Species
it contains ni ...
''
( Karsch, 1878) – New Guinea, Australia
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Sandalodes superbus
''Sandalodes'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883. ''S. scopifer'', a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.
Species
it contains ni ...
''
(Karsch, 1878) – New Guinea, Australia
References
External links
Wattle Jumping Spider - ''S. scopifer''(photographs, description)
(description, photographs)
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Oceania
Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling
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