Biology:Nannenus

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Nannenus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Nannenus
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
N. syrphus
Simon, 1902
Species

6, see text

Nannenus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2]

Description

Both sexes are about 4 millimetres (14 in) long. The cephalus is high, the eye region blackish with the area between the rear eyes lighter. The rest of the thorax is brown with a whitish lateral band on each side. The abdomen is small and light yellowish with a vague white pattern.[3]

Species

(As of July 2019) it contains six species, found only in Asia:[1]

  • Nannenus constrictus (Karsch, 1880)Philippines
  • Nannenus lyriger Simon, 1902Singapore
  • Nannenus maughami Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Nannenus menghaiensis Cao & Li, 2016China
  • Nannenus siedleckii Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Nannenus syrphus Simon, 1902 (type) – Singapore

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Nannenus Simon, 1902. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2805. Retrieved 2019-08-06. 
  2. Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 363–406. 
  3. Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 286. 

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