Cerionesta

Cerionesta is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only on the Windward Islands and the Galápagos Islands: C. luteola and C. pacifica.[1]

Cerionesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Cerionesta
Simon, 1901[1]
Type species
C. luteola
(Peckham & Peckham, 1894)
Species
  • C. luteola (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – St. Vincent
  • C. pacifica (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)

References

  1. "Gen. Cerionesta Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Simon, E (1901). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.