Asemonea tanikawai

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Asemonea tanikawai
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Female Asemonea tanikawai from Okinawa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Asemonea
Species:
A. tanikawai
Binomial name
Asemonea tanikawai
Ikeda, 1996

Asemonea tanikawai is a jumping spider species in the family Salticidae.[1]

Description[]

The spider is small, measuring between 3.26 and 4.16 mm (18 and 316 in) in length. It is light in colour, generally whitish-yellow in colour. The species resembles both Asemonea maculata and Asemonea pinangensis, particularly the female.[2]

Distribution[]

Asemonea tanikawai is found in Japan, and is particularly widely distributed on the island of Okinawa.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Asemonea tanikawai Ikeda, 1996". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Ikeda, Hiroyoshi (1996). "A new species of the genus Asemonea (Araneae: Salticidae) from Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 45 (2): 113–117. doi:10.2476/asjaa.45.113. Retrieved 26 April 2018.


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