Eburneana

Eburneana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Eburneana; Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001
Type species
	Eburneana scharffi; Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001
Species
	See text.

Eburneana is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Like several other salticids, this genus mimicks ants.

Description[]

Eburneana are rather big ant-like spiders with a constricted cephalothorax. They are 8 to 12 mm (0.31 to 0.47 in) long. The body is very flat and rather slender. The cephalic and thoracic parts are parted by a clear constriction to mimic the ant body plan. Unlike other African ant-like salticids Eburneana has the chelicerae located more posteriorly, rich leg spination and clearly visible large spigots on the posterior spinnerets.

Relationships[]

The structure of genitalia and the shape of the first legs resembles males of the subfamily , but the phylogenetic relationships of Eburneana to other genera are unclear.

Name[]

The genus is named after the Latin name of Ivory Coast, Litus Eburneum, where one of the species was first found.

Species[]

Eburneana magna Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001 – Ivory Coast
Eburneana scharffi Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001 – Tanzania
Eburneana wandae Szűts, 2003 – Cameroon

References[]

Wesołowska, W. & Szűts, T. (2001): A new genus of ant-like jumping spiders from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsawa) 51(4): 523-528.
Szűts, T. (2003): A new species of Eburneana Wesołowska & Szűts with notes on the biogeography and morphology of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 14(3): 419-424. PDF
Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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