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Idastrandia
''Idastrandia'' is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Singapore. Its only described species is ''Idastrandia orientalis''. Kálmán Szombathy Kálmán is an ancient Germanic origin Hungarian surname and male given name. Outside Hungary, the name occurs sometimes in the form Kalman. It was derived from the Germanic name: Koloman, Coloman or Kolman. The Germanic name Coloman has been ... described a single male in 1915, which is about five millimeters long. There are drawings in the original description, and the male pedipalp and unusual serrate cheliceral tooth has been drawn by Proszynski in 1983. It has still not been attached to any of the current salticid groups.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271 Name The genus is probably named after a relative of first describer Embrik Strand. Footnotes References * (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur. * (2007)The world spider catalog version 8.0. ''American Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudamycus
''Pseudamycus'' is a spider genus (biology), enus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The monotypic genus ''Taivala'' is thought to be closely related. Appearance These jumping spiders are light or colorful, sometimes iridescent. The cephalothorax is high, with steep sides of the thorax. The eyes protrude from the head, located within an orange-brown eye field. The rest of the carapace is greyish-orange, the abdomen light grey-brown with dots and light and dark streaks on the sides. The first pair of legs are dark brown with yellow tarsi, the other three pairs are reddish yellow and spiny.Salticidae.orgGenus ''Pseudamycus'' Habits They live on shrubs and other, mostly broad leaved plants, for example ginger. Distribution The ten species are found in Southeast Asia, from India to New Britain (New Guinea). Name The genus is combined of Greek ''pseudo'' "false" and the salticid genus name ''Amycus (spider), Amycus''. Species * ''Pseudamycus albomaculatus'' (Hasselt, 1882) â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |