Bristowia

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Bristowia
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Male Bristowia sp. in Malaysia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Bristowia
Reimoser, 1934 [1]
Species

See text.

Diversity [1]
3 species

Bristowia is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae, found in Africa and Asia. [1]

Contents

B. heterospinosa is about 3 to 4 mm long in both sexes. [2]

Name

The genus is named after naturalist and arachnologist W. S. Bristowe.

Species

As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Bristowia Reimoser, 1934". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN   978-983-9681-17-8.

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