Biology:Ergane (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Ergane
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Ergane
L. Koch, 1881[1]
Type species
E. cognata
L. Koch, 1881
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Afiola Peckham & Peckham, 1907[2]

Ergane is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1881.[3] Males of E. benjarei is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. The form of the pedipalp and the abdominal pattern suggest that Ergane is close to Chalcotropis.[4] It is named after the goddess Athena, called Athena Ergane as the patron of craftsmen and artisans.

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains four species, found in the Philippines , Indonesia, Australia , and Kiribati:[1]

  • Ergane benjarei (Peckham & Peckham, 1907) – Borneo
  • Ergane carinata Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996Philippines , Caroline Is.
  • Ergane cognata L. Koch, 1881 (type) – Australia (Northern Territory)
  • Ergane insulana L. Koch, 1881 – Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Ergane L. Koch, 1881. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2638. Retrieved 2019-07-07. 
  2. Żabka, M. (1988). "Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41: 454. 
  3. Koch, L. (1881). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1213–1271. 
  4. Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). "An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia". Malaysian Nature Society (Kuala Lumpur): 284. 

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