''Echeclus'' is a
genus
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of the
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
family
Salticidae (
jumping spiders).
One of its two described species, ''E. concinnus'', is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Malaysia
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. The species was originally described by Thorell from a single male specimen from
Penang
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. It is preserved in the
Museo Civico of
Genoa
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. Another male specimen was found in
Johor
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by Frances and John Murphy.
The other species, ''E. sokoli'', is found in Borneo.
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 of Natural History''.
External links
* Salticidae.org
Salticidae
Arthropods of Malaysia
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Asia
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