Biology:Edwardsya

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Short description: Genus of spiders


Edwardsya
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Edwardsya
Bustamante[1]
Type species
Edwardsya simoni
Species
  • Edwardsya igapo Ruiz & Bustamante, 2016
  • (Taczanowski, 1871) Edwardsya simoni

Edwardsya is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2016 by Ruiz & Bustamante. (As of 2017), it contains 2 species, both from Brazil.[1] The genus is placed in subtribe Freyina,[2] part of the Salticoida clade in the subfamily Salticinae.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Salticidae". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5561. 
  2. Ruiz, G.R.S.; Bustamante, A.A. (2016), "Edwardsya, a new genus of jumping spiders from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina)", Zootaxa 4184 (1): 117–129, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.7, PMID 27811657 
  3. Maddison, Wayne P. (2015), "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)", Journal of Arachnology 43 (3): 231–292, doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292 

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