Matagaia

Matagaia is a genus of jumping spiders.[1] Its only species, M. chromatopus, was only found on Fernando de Noronha Island, an isolated group of volcanic islands located in the South Equatorial Atlantic, about 350 km from the nearest Brazilian mainland.[2]

Matagaia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Matagaia
Species:
M. chromatopus
Binomial name
Matagaia chromatopus
Ruiz, Brescovit & Freitas, 2007[1]

Description

M. chromatopus is similar to the genus Icius in general appearance, sexual dimorphism and male palp structure. Females are almost 5 mm long, with males less than 4 mm.[2]

Name

The species name refers to the male leg coloration, and is said to be derived from ancient Greek chromos "color" and pus "foot".[2] Ιn ancient Greek, "color" and "foot" are respectively chrōma (χρῶμα, genitive χρῶματος) and pous (πούς).[3]

Notes
  1. "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  2. Ruiz et al. 2007
  3. Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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References
  • Ruiz, Gustavo R.S.; Brescovit, Antonio D. & Freitas, Gilson C.C. (2007): Spiders from Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Part II. Proposal of a new genus and description of three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24(3): 771-776. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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