Aelurillus brutus
Aelurillus brutus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Aelurillus |
Species: | A. brutus
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Binomial name | |
Aelurillus brutus Wesołowska, 1996
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Aelurillus brutus is a jumping spider species in the genus Aelurillus.[1] The female was first identified by Wanda Wesołowska in 1996 and the male by Galina Azarkina in 2003.[2]
Description[]
Closely related to , Aelurillus brutus is a small spider. The female has a yellowish-grey carapace typically 3.1 mm (0.12 in) long and a dark brown abdomen 4.1 mm (0.16 in) long.[1] The male is smaller, with a carapace 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long and an abdomen 2.4 mm (0.094 in) long.[3]
Distribution[]
The species lives in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.[2] It is its distribution rather than its morphology that differentiates the female from and Aelurillus dubatolovi.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Wesołowska, W. (1996). "New data on the jumping spiders of Turkmenistan (Aranei Salticidae)" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 5(1/2): 17–53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2017). "Aelurillus brutus Wesolowska, 1996". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b Azarkina, G. N. (2002). "Aelurillus ater (Kroneberg, 1875) and related species of jumping spiders in the fauna of Middle Asia and the Caucasus (Aranei: Salticidae)" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (1): 89–107. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
Categories:
- Salticidae
- Spiders of Central Asia
- Spiders described in 1996
- Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska
- Salticidae stubs