Lakarobius

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Lakarobius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Lakarobius
Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998
Species:
L. alboniger
Binomial name
Lakarobius alboniger
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 [1]

Lakarobius is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its only species, Lakarobius alboniger, is endemic to Fiji. [1]

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Name

Lakarobius signifies living in trees, from Greek lakara, a kind of tree, and bios, life. The epitheton alboniger means "white-black", because of the spider's black and white dorsal pattern.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.