Anelosimus buffoni

Anelosimus buffoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Anelosimus
Species:	A. buffoni
Binomial name
	Anelosimus buffoni; , & , 2015

Anelosimus buffoni is a species of tangle-web spiders in the Madagascar group of the genus Anelosimus. It is known only from Périnet Special Reserve, Toamasina Province, Madagascar. Adults of the species have a total length of 4.1mm, and is physically similar to several other Madagascar group spiders, particularly and . It is primarily diagnosed using genetics. The species is named for Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.^[1]

Specimens[]

There are only two specimens of this spider in existing collections. Although multiple specimens were reported to have been collected, only two exist in collections; the rest were reported lost in transit when the co-discoverer, Ingi Agnarsson, brought his research materials from University of Puerto Rico to University of Vermont. The two specimens which remain were partially destroyed for DNA barcoding.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Agnarsson, Ingi; Jencik, Brian B.; Veve, Giselle M.; Hanitriniaina, Sahondra; Agostini, Diego; Goh, Seok Ping; Pruitt, Jonathan; Kuntner, Matjaž (2015). "Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas". ZooKeys (509): 13–53. doi:10.3897/zookeys.509.8897. PMC 4493342. PMID 26175602.

Further reading[]

Agnarsson, Ingi; Gotelli, Nicholas J.; Agostini, Diego; Kuntner, Matjaž (1 September 2015). "Limited role of character displacement in the coexistence of congeneric Anelosimus spiders in a Madagascan montane forest". Ecography. 39 (8): 743–753. doi:10.1111/ecog.01930. ISSN 1600-0587. OCLC 5967427383.

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[iaetal2015-1] Agnarsson, Ingi; Jencik, Brian B.; Veve, Giselle M.; Hanitriniaina, Sahondra; Agostini, Diego; Goh, Seok Ping; Pruitt, Jonathan; Kuntner, Matjaž (2015). "Systematics of the Madagascar Anelosimus spiders: remarkable local richness and endemism, and dual colonization from the Americas". ZooKeys (509): 13–53. doi:10.3897/zookeys.509.8897. PMC 4493342. PMID 26175602.

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