Nepalicius koreanus

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Nepalicius koreanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Nepalicius
Species:
N. koreanus
Binomial name
Nepalicius koreanus
(Wesołowska, 1981)

Nepalicius koreanus is a jumping spider that lives in China, Japan and Korea. [1] [2] The species was previously allocated to the genus Pseudicius .

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References

  1. Wesołowska, W. (1981). "Salticidae (Aranei) from North Korea, China and Mongolia". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 36: 45–83.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Nepalicius koreanus (Wesolowska, 1981)". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2017.