Allodecta

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Allodecta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Allodecta
Bryant, 1950 [1]
Species:
A. maxillaris
Binomial name
Allodecta maxillaris
Bryant, 1950

Allodecta is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Allodecta maxillaris. It was first described by Elizabeth B. Bryant in 1950, [2] and is only found on the Greater Antilles. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Allodecta Bryant, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Bryant, Elizabeth B. (1950). "The salticid spiders of Jamaica". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 103: 163–209.