Wanlessia

Wanlessia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Spartaeinae
Genus:	Wanlessia; Wijesinghe, 1992
Type species
	W. sedgwicki; Wijesinghe, 1992
Species
	W. denticulata Peng, Tso & Li, 2002 – Taiwan ; W. sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992 – Borneo (Sarawak);

Wanlessia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. P. Wijesinghe in 1992.^[2] As of September 2019 it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: W. denticulata and W. sedgwicki.^[1] It is related to Portia,^[3] and is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with well-developed palpal conductors.^[2] Both species only have descriptions for males.^[1] It is named in honor of arachnologist , who described more than a dozen salticid genera from 1970 to 1990.

Wanlessia sedgwicki males are about 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long. Both the carapace and legs are yellowish-brown, though the carapace has irregular black markings and a lighter area around the fovea. The opisthosoma is yellow to white with similar markings near the rear, and is covered with amber-grey hairs. The legs have black rings on some segments.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wijesinghe, D. P. (1992). "A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 40: 11.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. p. 295.

External links[]

Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of W. denticulata

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-09.

[Wije1992-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wijesinghe, D. P. (1992). "A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 40: 11.

[Murphy-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. p. 295.

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