Lakarobius

Lakarobius is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its only species, L. alboniger, is endemic to Fiji.[1]

Lakarobius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Lakarobius
Species:
L. alboniger
Binomial name
Lakarobius alboniger
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998[1]

Name

Lakarobius signifies living in trees, from Greek lakara, a kind of tree, and bios, life. The epitheton alboniger means "white-black", because of the spider's black and white dorsal pattern.

References

  1. "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  • Berry J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.


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