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Zebraplatys bulbus

Zebraplatys bulbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zebraplatys
Species: Z. bulbus
Binomial name
Zebraplatys bulbus
Peng, Tso & Li, 2002

Zebraplatys bulbus is a species of jumping spider.

Appearance

The species has a very flat body, the carapace is dark to blackish brown.

Name

The specific name is derived from the spherical spermatheca of the vulva.

Distribution

Z. bulbus is only known from Taiwan. All other described Zebraplatys species are from Australia.

Literature

  • Peng, Xian-Jin; Tso, I-Min & Li, Shu-Qiang (2002): Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Studies 41(1): 1-12. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

 
 
 

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