Leptathamas

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Leptathamas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Leptathamas
Species:
L. paradoxus
Binomial name
Leptathamas paradoxus
Balogh, 1980 [1]

Leptathamas is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with one described species, which occurs only in New Guinea. [1]

Contents

The genus seems to be closely related to Athamas and Bulolia , occupying a "midway" position between them. [2]

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepto "slender, fine" and the name of the related genus Athamas.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  2. Szűts 2003

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