Stenaelurillus albus

Stenaelurillus albus is a jumping spider species in the genus Stenaelurillus that lives in India. It was first described in 2015.[1] The spider is of medium size. The female is larger, with a body length of 6.82 mm (0.269 in), while the male is 5.89 mm (0.232 in) long. Similarly, the female has yellow bands on the cephalothorax and thorax, while on the male the bands are white. The opisthosoma in both is plain black, which distinguishes the species from others in the genus.[2]

Stenaelurillus albus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Stenaelurillus
Species:
S. albus
Binomial name
Stenaelurillus albus
Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Stenaelurillus albus Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015". World Spider Catalog. 22.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. Sebastian, P. A.; Sankaran, P. M.; Malamel, J. J.; Joseph, M. M. (2015). "Description of new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Western Ghats of India with the redescription of Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and notes on mating plug in the genus (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)". ZooKeys. 491: 63–78.


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