Planiemen

Planiemen is a genus of jumping spider erected in 2007 for the sole species Planiemen rotundus, formerly placed in the genus Pachyballus. It is endemic to Yemen.[1]

Planiemen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Planiemen
Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007[1]
Species:
P. rotundus
Binomial name
Planiemen rotundus
(Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994)[1]
Synonyms

Pachyballus rotundus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994

This dark-colored species is almost round in appearance. The cephalothorax and opisthosoma are each about 2 millimetres (116 in) long.[2]

References

  1. "Gen. Planiemen Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  2. Wesolowska, Wanda & van Harten, A. (2007). "Additions to the knowledge of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen". Fauna of Arabia. 23: 56–58.


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