Saitis insectus
| Saitis insectus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Saitis |
| Species: | S. insectus
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| Binomial name | |
| Saitis insectus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prostheclina insecta Hogg, 1896 | |
Saitis insectus is a species of spider in the genus Saitis and the family, Salticidae.[1] It is found in central Australia.[1]
Taxonomy[]
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Saitis insectus was first described in 1896 by Henry Roughton Hogg as Prostheclina insecta[1][2] It was transferred to the genus, Saitis in 1911 by William Joseph Rainbow (as Saitis insecta).[1][3][4] Hogg' describes a female spider,[2] (K946) collected from Rudall's Creek in the Northern Territory in 1894.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Saitis insectus Hogg, 1896". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Hogg, H.R. (1896). "Araneidae". In Spencer, B. (ed.). Report of the Horn expedition to central Australia. Part II. Zoology. Dulau and Co., London & Melville, Mullen and Slade, Melbourne. pp. 309–356, 354.
- ^ "Saitis insectus". Jumping spiders of the world.
- ^ Rainbow, W.J. (1911). "A census of Australian Araneidae". Records of the Australian Museum. 9 (2): 107–319, 286. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928.
- ^ "Occurrence Detail 478302517: Saitis insectus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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