Udvardya

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Udvardya
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in vitro male U. elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Udvardya
Species:
U. elegans
Binomial name
Udvardya elegans
(Szombathy, 1915) [1]
Synonyms

Silerella elegans
Siler elegans

Udvardya is a genus of jumping spider endemic to New Guinea. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Udvardya elegans. [1]

Contents

Males and females are similar in appearance. There are minor differences in the abdominal pattern, and males have small curved "horns" on their chelicerae. In both sexes, the first pair of legs are greatly enlarged. [2]

Behavior

Nothing is known about the biology of this species, as it is only known from dead specimens.

Name

The genus name is derived from the Hungarian biologist Miklos Udvardy; [2] elegans is Latin for "elegant".

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References

  1. 1 2 "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  2. 1 2 Proszynski, Jerzy (1992): Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa44: 114-115.

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