Telamonia | |
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Female Telamonia dimidiata | |
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male T. vlijmi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Telamonia Thorell, 1887 [1] |
Type species | |
T. festiva Thorell, 1887
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Species | |
39, see text |
Telamonia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. [2] They are colorful spiders, with patterns that vary considerably between sexes and species. Two longitudinal stripes along the abdomen are common, and the carapace is often colored. They have a slender opisthosoma and long legs. [2]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains thirty-nine species and two subspecies, found in the rain forests [3] of Africa and Asia, including Papua New Guinea: [1]
Telamonia | |
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Female Telamonia dimidiata | |
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male T. vlijmi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Telamonia Thorell, 1887 [1] |
Type species | |
T. festiva Thorell, 1887
| |
Species | |
39, see text |
Telamonia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. [2] They are colorful spiders, with patterns that vary considerably between sexes and species. Two longitudinal stripes along the abdomen are common, and the carapace is often colored. They have a slender opisthosoma and long legs. [2]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains thirty-nine species and two subspecies, found in the rain forests [3] of Africa and Asia, including Papua New Guinea: [1]