Rafalus
Rafalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1999.[2]
Rafalus | |
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Rafalus variegatus in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Rafalus Prószyński, 1999[1] |
Type species | |
R. christophori Prószyński, 1999 | |
Species | |
12, see text |
Species
As of August 2019 it contains twelve species, found only in Africa and Asia:[1]
- Rafalus arabicus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 1999 (type) – Egypt, Israel
- Rafalus desertus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999 – Egypt, United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus insignipalpis (Simon, 1882) – Yemen (mainland, Socotra)
- Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
- Rafalus lymphus (Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994) – Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Yemen
- Rafalus minimus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
- Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
- Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875) – Iran, Central Asia
- Rafalus wittmeri (Prószyński, 1978) – Bhutan
References
- "Gen. Rafalus Prószyński, 1999". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- Prószyński, J. (1999). "Description of Rafalus gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae), with special reference to the Near East fauna". Arthropoda Selecta. 8: 89–101.
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