''Margaromma'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The eight described species occur mostly in Australia and New Zealand, with several other species on Pacific islands. One species (''M. nitidum'') is found in Cameroon. ''M. spatiosum'' from Sarawak has not been studied since its first description in 1907. It reaches a body length of about 5 mm. ''M. spatiosum'' has a high cephalothorax, with a flattish area just behind the rear eyes. The eye region is black, the rear part dark red, with white bands around the sides. The abdomen is almost circular and truncated at the front. It is brown, much lighter than the cephalothorax, with some red and white hairs. The legs are brown, with darker front legs. Murphy & Murphy (2000) cast some doubt if the species really belongs to ''Margaromma''.

Name

The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek words for pearl and eye. There has been some confusion as to the grammatical gender of this genus, with some authors considering it neuter, and others female, resulting in different endings of species names.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: * ''Margaromma doreyanum'' (Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Walckenaer, 1837) – New Guinea * ''Margaromma funestum'' Keyserling, 1882 – Queensland, New South Wales * ''Margaromma imperiosum'' Kálmán Szombathy, Szombathy, 1915 – New Guinea * ''Margaromma namukana'' Carl Friedrich Roewer, Roewer, 1944 – Fiji * ''Margaromma nitidum'' Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon * ''Margaromma obscurum'' (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland * ''Margaromma soligena'' Eugène Simon, Simon, 1901 – New Guinea * ''Margaromma spatiosum'' George and Elizabeth Peckham, Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo ''M. albertisi'' and ''M. marginatum'' were transferred to genus ''Zenodorus (spider), Zenodorus'' in 1991. ''M. insultans'', ''M. semirasum'', ''M. sexuale'' and ''M. torquatum'' are now placed in ''Omoedus''.

References

External links

* Salticidae.org
Diagnostic drawings of several ''Margaromma'' species
{{Taxonbar, from=Q984761 Salticidae Spiders of Oceania Spiders of Africa Salticidae genera Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling