Nungia

Nungia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Nungia
Species: N. epigynalis
Binomial name
Nungia epigynalis
Zabka, 1985[1]

Nungia is a genus of the jumping spiders known from China and Vietnam. It contains only one species, Nungia epigynalis.,[1] described from a single 6 mm long female,[2] although males have later been found.[3]

Description

The thorax of the female is light brown, the opisthosoma greyish-yellow with longitudinal rows of grey spots. The legs are yellow, except for the stronger first pair, where all but the two distal segments are light brown.

Name

The Nùng are a people in Vietnam and China. The species name is derived from "epigyne".

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  2. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 293f
  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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