Chalcolecta
Encyclopedia
Chalcolecta is a spider
genus
of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
This genus is close to Diolenius
.
C. zosterifera and C. amplectans, where the males are 3 mm long and thus much smaller than other Chalcolecta species are considered nomina dubia
.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
This genus is close to Diolenius
Diolenius
Diolenius is a genus of the spider family Salticidae .-Species:* Diolenius albopiceus Hogg, 1915 — New Guinea* Diolenius amplectens Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea* Diolenius angustipes Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — Biak Islands...
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C. zosterifera and C. amplectans, where the males are 3 mm long and thus much smaller than other Chalcolecta species are considered nomina dubia
Nomen dubium
In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...
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Species
- Chalcolecta bitaeniata Simon, 1884 — Moluccas, SulawesiSulawesiSulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
- Chalcolecta dimidiata Simon, 1884 — Moluccas
- Chalcolecta prensitans (Thorell, 1881) — New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
Further reading
- Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. (2005): A revision of the spider genus Chalcolecta Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici 55(3): 437-448. PDF