Aelurillus leipoldae | |
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female (Crete, 2015) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: | Aelurillus |
Species: | A. leipoldae |
Binomial name | |
Aelurillus leipoldae (Metzner, 1999) | |
Aelurillus leipoldae is a species of jumping spider [1] that lives on the island of Crete in Greece.
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Abracadabrella is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae whose spp. appear to mimics flies. The type species for the genus was described by Ludwig Koch (1879) as Marptusa elegans, transferred to Ocrisiona by Eugène Simon (1901) then placed into Abracadabrella by Marek Żabka (1991).
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Woodwardopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Mycteroptidae. The genus contains one species, W. scabrosus, from the Carboniferous of Glencartholm, Scotland.
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Phidippus arizonensis is a spider in the family Salticidae, in the infraorder Araneomorphae . The distribution range of Phidippus arizonensis includes the United States and Mexico.
Phidippus comatus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in North America.
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