Xenocytaea vonavonensis
Xenocytaea vonavonensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Xenocytaea. The male was first identified in 2011 by Barbara Maria Patoleta. The female has not been described.[1]
| Xenocytaea vonavonensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Xenocytaea |
| Species: | X. vonavonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenocytaea vonavonensis Patoleta, 2011 | |
Description
The species has a brown cephalothorax with iridescent scales, which is 1.38 centimetres (1⁄2 in) long.[2]
Distribution
Xenocytaea vonavonensis is found on Vonavona in the Solomon Islands, after which the species is named.[2]
References
- World Spider Catalog (2018). "Xenocytaea vonavonensis Patoleta, 2009". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- Patoleta, Barbara (2011). "New species of Xenocytaea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński 1998 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Fiji and the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 39 (2): 278. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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