Aelurillus brutus

Aelurillus brutus is a jumping spider species in the genus Aelurillus.[1] The female was first identified by Wanda Wesołowska in 1996 and the male by Galina Azarkina in 2003.[2]

Aelurillus brutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Aelurillus
Species:
A. brutus
Binomial name
Aelurillus brutus

Description

Closely related to Aelurillus helvanacius, Aelurillus brutus is a small spider. The female has a yellowish-grey carapace typically 3.1 mm (0.12 in) long and a dark brown abdomen 4.1 mm (0.16 in) long.[1] The male is smaller, with a carapace 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long and an abdomen 2.4 mm (0.094 in) long.[3]

Distribution

The species lives in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.[2] It is its distribution rather than its morphology that differentiates the female from Aelurillus ater and Aelurillus dubatolovi.[3]

References

  1. Wesołowska, W. (1996). "New data on the jumping spiders of Turkmenistan (Aranei Salticidae)" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 5(1/2): 17–53. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Aelurillus brutus Wesolowska, 1996". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. Azarkina, G. N. (2002). "Aelurillus ater (Kroneberg, 1875) and related species of jumping spiders in the fauna of Middle Asia and the Caucasus (Aranei: Salticidae)" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (1): 89–107. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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