Toticoryx

Toticoryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Toticoryx
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]
Species: T. exilis
Binomial name
Toticoryx exilis
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]

Toticoryx is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species, Toticoryx exilis is found in Guinea.[1]

Name

The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. The specific name exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.[2]

Appearance

This spider is only 3 mm long and very flat. In general appearance it resembles Pseudicius. Only the female has been found.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Toticoryx Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-04
  2. 1 2 Rollard, Ch. & Wesołowska, W. (2002), "Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea" (PDF), Zoosystema, 24 (2): 283–307, retrieved 2017-03-04
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