Maileus

Maileus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Maileus
Species: M. fuscus
Binomial name
Maileus fuscus

Maileus is a genus of jumping spiders. Its only species, M. fuscus, is only known from Sarawak and Sumatra.[1] According to its original describers, it is closely related to the genus Microhasarius.

M. fuscus is known only from a single female, which is about 6 mm long. Although no published drawings exist, Zabka has drawn the genitalia, and Proszynski has drawn the genitalia of both sexes of what is probably a different species of Maileus.[2] No study has been published on the genus since its first description.[3]

Name

The species name is derived from Latin fuscus "dusky, brown".

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  2. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 272
  3. Platnick 2007

References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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