Aelurillus basseleti

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Aelurillus basseleti
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Aelurillus
Species:
A. basseleti
Binomial name
Aelurillus basseleti
(Lucas, 1846)

Aelurillus basseleti is a species of jumping spider in the genus Aelurillus that has been found in Algeria and Tunisia. The spider was first identified in 1846 by Hippolyte Lucas, but the original male holotype has been lost. The female was first described in 2006. The spider is small and hard to distinguish from and .

Taxonomy[]

The male was first identified by the French arachnologist Hippolyte Lucas in 1846 and originally allocated to the genus Salticus. In 1876, Eugène Simon moved the species to the genus Aelurops and then, in 1880, Pietro Pavesi moved it to the genus Ictidops before Simon finally moved it to Aelurillus in 1886. The female was not described until 2006.[1]

Description[]

Aelurillus basseleti is a small species of spider, with a dark brown carapace between 2.8 and 3.4 millimetres (0 and 1⁄4 in) long.[2] The species is similar to and , with the females being almost identical, while the males differ only in details like a white, yellow or tawny band on the clypeus.[3] The original male holotype has been lost.[4]

Distribution[]

The species has been identified in both Algeria and Tunisia, although the latter has been doubted by Galina Azarkina and in their 2006 reassessment.[4]

References[]

Citation[]

  1. ^ World Spider Catalog (2021). "Aelurillus basseleti (Lucas, 1846)". World Spider Catalog. 22.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ Azarkina & Logunov 2006, p. 236.
  3. ^ Azarkina & Logunov 2006, p. 234.
  4. ^ a b Azarkina & Logunov 2006, p. 235.

Bibliography[]

  • Azarkina, G. N.; Logunov, D. V. (2006). "Taxonomic notes on nine Aelurillus species of the western Mediterranean (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 13: 233–248.
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