Madagascarchaea gracilicollis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Archaeidae |
Genus: | Madagascarchaea |
Species: | M. gracilicollis
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Binomial name | |
Madagascarchaea gracilicollis (Millot, 1948)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Madagascarchaea gracilicollis is a member of the family Archaeidae, [1] assassin spiders. It is merely 2 mm long and catches other spiders with venomous fangs at the end of its hugely elongated jaws (chelicerae).
These animals normally run upside down. [2]
From Latin gracilis "slender" and collum "neck".
This species is endemic to Madagascar. [1]
Madagascarchaea gracilicollis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Archaeidae |
Genus: | Madagascarchaea |
Species: | M. gracilicollis
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Binomial name | |
Madagascarchaea gracilicollis (Millot, 1948)
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Madagascarchaea gracilicollis is a member of the family Archaeidae, [1] assassin spiders. It is merely 2 mm long and catches other spiders with venomous fangs at the end of its hugely elongated jaws (chelicerae).
These animals normally run upside down. [2]
From Latin gracilis "slender" and collum "neck".
This species is endemic to Madagascar. [1]