Gelotia

Gelotia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Gelotia
Thorell, 1890
Type species
Gelotia frenata
Thorell, 1890
Species

see text

Diversity
9 species

Gelotia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Gelotia is close to the salticid genera Cocalus and Mintonia. Spiders of this genus are dull colored and stealthy and do not jump.

The genus is named after the Roman name "Gelotius".

Species

As of May 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]

  • Gelotia argenteolimbata (Simon, 1900)Singapore
  • Gelotia bimaculata Thorell, 1890Borneo
  • Gelotia bouchardi (Simon, 1903)Sumatra
  • Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 – Sumatra
  • Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991Sri Lanka
  • Gelotia robusta Wanless, 1984New Britain
  • Gelotia salax (Thorell, 1877)Sulawesi
  • Gelotia syringopalpis Wanless, 1984China, Malaysia, Borneo
  • Gelotia zhengi Cao & Li, 2016 – China

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Gelotia Thorell, 1890". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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