Lakarobius

Lakarobius
Scientific classification
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]

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.

References

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

• Berry J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology26(2): 149-189. PDF
• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Diagnostic drawings of L. alboniger