Eburneana

Eburneana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Eburneana; Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001
Type species
	Eburneana scharffi; Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001
Species
	see text
Diversity
	3 species

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 Pelleninae, 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

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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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