Wanlessia sedgwicki

Wanlessia sedgwicki is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to northwestern Borneo.[1]

Wanlessia sedgwicki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Wanlessia
Species:
W. sedgwicki
Binomial name
Wanlessia sedgwicki
Wijesinghe, 1992

Males have a body length of 3.2 mm. The carapace is dark yellowish brown.[2]

Name

The species name honors Walter Sedgwick, the collector of the holotype.

Footnotes

  1. World Spider Catalog
  2. Wijesinghe 1992

References

  • Wijesinghe, D.P. (1992): A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the Spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40: 9-19. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.


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