Artabrus

Artabrus
Artabrus.planipudens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Section:	Dionycha
Superfamily:	Salticoidea
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Plexippinae
Genus:	Artabrus Simon, 1902
Type species
Plexippus erythrocephalus C. L. Koch, 1846
Species
see text
Diversity
2 species

Artabrus is a genus of jumping spiders.

This genus resembles Epeus in body shape and eye pattern, but has a different genital structure. It is said to be close to Pseudamycus.^[1] A. jolensis might belong to another genus.^[2]

Male A. erythrocephalus are about 11 mm long with a yellowish-brown carapace and a reddish-brown eye area. Females are slightly shorter. This species is found in Singapore, and on Java and Krakatoa.

Species

• Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Java, Singapore
• Artabrus jolensis Simon, 1902 — Philippines

Footnotes

References

• Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• Zhang, J.X.; Song, D.X. & Li, Daiqin (2003): Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51(2): 187-195. PDF — A. erythrocephalus
• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

• Zabka, M. & Nentwig, W (2002): The Krakatau Islands (Indonesia) as a model-area for zoogeographical study, a Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) perspective. Annales zoologici 52(3): 465-474. PDF

External links

• Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photograph of A. erythrocephalus