Thianella

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Thianella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Thianella
Strand, 1907, nomen dubium [1]
Species:
T. disjuncta
Binomial name
Thianella disjuncta

Thianella is a possible monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Thianella disjuncta. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1907, [2] and is found only on Java. [1] Based on a male specimen, Roewer placed it close to Thiania , but his placements of salticids have often been questionable and no drawings currently exist. [3] The name is an alteration of the salticid genus Thiania , and the species name is from Latin disiunctus "separated". The World Spider Catalog regards the genus and species names as nomina dubia (dubious names). [1]

In 1963, Schenkel named a new genus "Thianella", but this was invalid because of the prior existence of Strand's Thianella. The replacement name Tasa was put forward by Wanda Wesołowska in 1981. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Thianella Strand, 1907". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. Strand, E. (1907). "Spinnen des Zoologischen Instituts in Tübingen". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 24: 391–468.
  3. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 273. ISBN   978-983-9681-17-8.
  4. "Gen. Tasa Wesołowska, 1981". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-09-03.