Megaloastia

Megaloastia is a genus of spiders from Western Australia, which is placed in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The genus has only one species, Megaloastia mainae.[1][2]

Megaloastia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Megaloastia
Zabka, 1995[1]
Species:
M. mainae
Binomial name
Megaloastia mainae
Zabka, 1995[1]

References

  1. "Gen. Megaloastia Zabka, 1995", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-07
  2. Zabka, M. (1995) "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XI. A new genus of Astieae from Western Australia". Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 52: 159-164.


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