Lapsias

Lapsias is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.[1]

Lapsias
Male Lapsias lorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Lapsias
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
Lapsias estebanensis
Simon, 1900[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity
8 species

Phylogeny

Lapsias, Galianora and Thrandina are informally classified as "lapsiines". These are believed to be basal jumping spiders. While Galianora and Thrandina are sister genera, it is not certain if they form a clade with Lapsias, or if the common characteristics are symplesiomorphic.[2]

Description

Lapsias lorax is typical of the genus, with large eyes and prominent male palps.[3] There is a short video of Lapsias lorax, showing typical jumping spider behavior.[4]

Species

As of February 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Lapsias canandea Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador
  • Lapsias ciliatus Simon, 1900 – Venezuela
  • Lapsias cyrboides Simon, 1900 – Venezuela
  • Lapsias estebanensis Simon, 1900 – Venezuela
  • Lapsias guamani Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador
  • Lapsias guianensis Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
  • Lapsias lorax Maddison, 2012 – Ecuador
  • Lapsias tovarensis Simon, 1901 – Venezuela

Lapsias melanopygus Caporiacco, 1947 is considered a doubtful name (nomen dubium).[1]

References
  1. "Gen. Lapsias Simon, 1900", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-02-26
  2. Maddison 2006a
  3. Heiko Metzner (2014). Worldwide database of jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae). http://www.jumping-spiders.com/index_wiki.php?id=7624. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  4. Wayne Maddison, Beaty Biodiversity Museum http://vimeo.com/50697273. Retrieved January 27, 2014
  • Maddison, Wayne P. (2006a): "New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)." Zootaxa 1255: 17–28. PDF

Further reading
  • Maddison, Wayne P. & Needham, K.M. (2006): "Lapsiines and hisponines as phylogenetically basal salticid spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)." Zootaxa 1255: 37–55. PDF
  • Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of L. estebanensis, L. ciliatus, L. cyrboides, L. tovarensis
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