Maltecora janthina

Maltecora janthina is an endemic jumping spider species of the family Salticidae that lives on São Tomé Island. It was first named in 1910 by Eugène Simon.[1]

Maltecora janthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Maltecora
Species:
M. janthina
Binomial name
Maltecora janthina
Simon, 1910

Its male holotype measures 5 mm.[2]

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Maltecora janthina Simon 1910". 18.0. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 44: 421–22.


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