Canama
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| Canama | |
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| Possibly Canama hinnulea | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Canama Simon, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Salticus forceps Doleschall, 1859
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| Species | |
Canama is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its five described species occur from Borneo to Queensland.
This genus is very similar to Bathippus.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Females are up to 8 mm (1⁄3 in) long, males up to 10 mm (3⁄8 in). The longish abdomen is clothed in white hairs with red streaks and bands. Males have very large, long chelicerae which diverge and project forwards. The long, spiny legs are dark with pale tarsi and metatarsi.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Canama dorcas (Thorell, 1881) – Moluccas
- Canama forceps (Doleschall, 1859) – New Guinea
- Canama hinnulea (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland
- Canama inquirenda Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands
- Canama lacerans (Thorell, 1881) – Malaysia
- Canama rutila Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Footnotes
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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