Lamottella
Lamottella is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its single described species, Lamotella longipes, is found in Guinea.[1]
| Lamottella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Lamottella Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1] |
| Species: | L. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamottella longipes Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1] | |
Description
The male spider is about 5.5 millimetres (0.22 in) long. The female is not yet known.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus is named in honor of Maxime Lamotte, an ecologist and frog specialist who initiated the early expeditions into the Nimba Mountains. The specific name longipes means "long-legged".[2]
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References
- "Gen. Lamottella Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-18
- Rollard, Ch. & Wesołowska, W. (2002), "Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea" (PDF), Zoosystema, 24 (2): 283–307, retrieved 2017-03-18
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