Pellenes vanharteni

Pellenes vanharteni is a species of jumping spiders in Cape Verde.[1] They are found in the island of Sal.[2][3]

Pellenes vanharteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Pellenes
Species:
P. vanharteni
Binomial name
Pellenes vanharteni

Etymology

The species is named after entomologist Antonius van Harten, who collected the type.[3]

Description

The male spider measures around 1.3 mm long by 1.1 mm and the abdomen is 1.2 mm by 0.9 mm.[3]

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References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Pellenes vanharteni Wesolowska, 1998". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. García, Macías & Oromí, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. [Preliminary lists of forest species of Cape Verde] Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 64
  3. Wesołowska, W. (1998). "Taxonomic notes on jumping spiders from the Cape Verde Islands (Araneae: Salticidae)". Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal. 50: 125–135.


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