Wanlessia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
Genus: |
Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992 [1] |
Type species | |
W. sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992
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Species | |
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Wanlessia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. P. Wijesinghe in 1992. [2] As of September 2019 [update] it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: W. denticulata and W. sedgwicki. [1] It is related to Portia, [3] and is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with well-developed palpal conductors. [2] Both species only have descriptions for males. [1] It is named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera from 1970 to 1990.
Wanlessia sedgwicki males are about 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long. Both the carapace and legs are yellowish-brown, though the carapace has irregular black markings and a lighter area around the fovea. The opisthosoma is yellow to white with similar markings near the rear, and is covered with amber-grey hairs. The legs have black rings on some segments. [3]
Wanlessia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
Genus: |
Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992 [1] |
Type species | |
W. sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992
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Species | |
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Wanlessia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. P. Wijesinghe in 1992. [2] As of September 2019 [update] it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: W. denticulata and W. sedgwicki. [1] It is related to Portia, [3] and is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with well-developed palpal conductors. [2] Both species only have descriptions for males. [1] It is named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera from 1970 to 1990.
Wanlessia sedgwicki males are about 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long. Both the carapace and legs are yellowish-brown, though the carapace has irregular black markings and a lighter area around the fovea. The opisthosoma is yellow to white with similar markings near the rear, and is covered with amber-grey hairs. The legs have black rings on some segments. [3]