Phlegra pusilla
Phlegra pusilla is a jumping spider species in the genus Phlegra.[2]
| Phlegra pusilla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Phlegra |
| Species: | P. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Phlegra pusilla Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994[1] | |
History
The male was first described in 1994 and the female in 2006.[1]
Description
A small spider, Phlegra pusilla is identified by a characteristic colour pattern on the carapace, as well as by the structure of the copulatory organs.[3] The male embolus has a thin, slightly twisted tip and a wide base and the female has a shallow rounded trench close to the epigastric furrow. The clypeus of males may also have a peculiar colour pattern of transverse brownish lines.[3]
Distribution
The species was first observed in Yemen and was subsequently found in locations across Africa from Senegal to Zimbabwe.[1] Examples have been found in Kenya and Tanzania that were initially misidentified as Phlegra nuda.[3] It was also identified in the United Arab Emirates based on samples also misidentified as Phlegra nuda.[4]
References
- World Spider Catalog (2017). "Phlegra pusilla Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- Wesołowska, W.; van Harten, A. (1994). "The jumping spiders (Salticidae, Araneae) of Yemen'". Sana'a: Yemeni-German Plant Protection Project. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Logunov, D.V.; Azarkina, G.N. (2006). "New species and records of Phlegra from Africa (Araneae, Salticidae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 113 (4): 727–746. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80371.
- Wesołowska, W.; van Harten, A. (2010). "Order Araneae, family Salticidae". Arthropod Fauna of the UAE. 3: 48–49. Retrieved 13 July 2017.