Xenocytaea vonavonensis

Xenocytaea vonavonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Xenocytaea
Species: X. vonavonensis
Binomial name
Xenocytaea vonavonensis
Patoleta, 2011

Xenocytaea vonavonensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Xenocytaea. The male was first identified in 2011 by Barbara Maria Patoleta. The female has not been described.[1]

Description

The species has a brown cephalothorax with iridescent scales, which is 1.38 centimetres (12 in) long.[2]

Distribution

Xenocytaea vonavonensis is found on Vonavona in the Solomon Islands, after which the species is named.[2]

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2018). "Xenocytaea vonavonensis Patoleta, 2009". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Patoleta, Barbara (2011). "New species of Xenocytaea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński 1998 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Fiji and the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 39 (2): 278. Retrieved 20 March 2018.


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