Leptorchestes algerinus

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Leptorchestes algerinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Leptorchestes
Species:
L. algerinus
Binomial name
Leptorchestes algerinus
Wesołowska & Szeremeta, 2001

Leptorchestes algerinus is a jumping spider species of the genus Leptorchestes that lives in Algeria. The male was first described in 2001. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Wesołowska, W.; Szeremeta, M. (2001). "A revision of the ant-like salticid genera Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931, Kima Peckham & Peckham, 1902 and Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Salticidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 32 (2): 217–240. doi:10.1163/187631201x00173.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Leptorchestes algerinus Wesolowska & Szeremeta, 2001". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2017.