Leptathamas

Leptathamas is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with one described species, which occurs only in New Guinea.[1]

Leptathamas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Leptathamas
Species:
L. paradoxus
Binomial name
Leptathamas paradoxus
Balogh, 1980[1]

The genus seems to be closely related to Athamas and Bulolia, occupying a "midway" position between them.[2]

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepto "slender, fine" and the name of the related genus Athamas.

Footnotes

  1. "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  2. Szűts 2003
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References

  • Szűts, T. (2003): On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. Folia entomologica hungarica 64: 41-58. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

  • Balogh, P. (1980): Studies on the Papuan Attidae (Araneae): Leptathamas paradoxus gen. et sp. n. Folia ent. hung. 41: 29-31.


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