Langerra

Langerra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Langerra
Zabka, 1985
Type species
Langerra oculina
Zabka, 1985
Species

see text

Diversity
2 species

Langerra is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

While L. oculina is only known from females, only the male of L. longicymbia has been described.[1]

The first L. oculina was beaten from bushes in forest of Vietnam. It was four millimeters long. Its carapace is orange-brown with a lighter patch towards the posterior margin. Around the front median eyes it is dark brown, the other eyes are surrounded black. The grey opisthosoma darkens posteriorly. The first two pairs of legs are dark orange with yellow tarsi, the other two pairs are lighter.[2]

Species

Footnotes

  1. Platnick 2007
  2. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 293

References

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