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Phanias (spider)
''Phanias'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. They are similar to members of ''Marpissa'', but have three pairs of spines beneath the first tibia. Species it contains eleven species, found only in Mexico, the United States, and El Salvador: *''Phanias albeolus'' (Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie, Ivie, 1941) – USA *''Phanias concoloratus'' (Chamberlin & Willis J. Gertsch, Gertsch, 1930) – USA *''Phanias dominatus'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA *''Phanias flavostriatus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (Type_species, type) – Mexico *''Phanias furcifer'' (Gertsch, 1936) – USA *''Phanias furcillatus'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico *''Phanias harfordi'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA *''Phanias monticola'' (Nathan Banks, Banks, 1895) – USA *''Phanias neomexicanus'' (Banks, 1901) – USA *''Phanias salvadorensis'' Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador *''Phanias watonus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (3 November 1860 – 9 February 1905) was an English arachnologist. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pickard-Cambridge picked up his enthusiasm for the study of spiders. Life F. O. Pickard-Cambridge was born in Warmwell, Dorset, where his father was rector. He became a curate at St Cuthbert's church in Carlisle for a few years after having been educated at Sherborne School and Exeter College, Oxford. He left to become a professional biological illustrator, and in 1894–1895 spent several months in the Amazon as a naturalist on board the SS ''Faraday''. He found much of interest on his voyage and began writing papers in 1896 to describe the spiders he discovered. He had a promising career ahead of him, but this promise was not to be fulfilled. Bristowe, writing in the book ''British Spiders'', 1951, said of this time in F. O. Pickard-Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |