Uroballus koponeni

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Uroballus koponeni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Uroballus
Species:
U. koponeni
Binomial name
Uroballus koponeni
Logunov, 2014

Uroballus koponeni is a species of spider of the genus Uroballus . It is endemic to the Malaysian part of Borneo. [1] [2]

Contents

This species is closest to Uroballus kinabalu . U. koponeni has different spermathecal chambers, longer spinnerets, and long abdominal hairs. [3]

Distribution

Uroballus koponeni has been described from one female and two immatures, which were collected in 1987, by beating foliage in secondary forest in Kampong Kuap, near Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. [2]

Name

The species is named after Finnish arachnologist Seppo Koponen, who turned 70 at the year of description.

Description

The body of the female is about 3 mm long. The abdomen is unusually long, with a zebra-like pattern and transverse rows of dark long hairs. [2]

The abdomen of the female is covered in dark long hears, becoming especially dense and long near at the rear end, and on the spinnerets. This species has the longest spinnerets of any Uroballus , and indeed of any salticid. They are around half as long as the abdomen. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Uroballus koponeni Logunov, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Logunov, D. V. (2014). Description of a new species of Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Malaysia, with the longest spinnerets of any known jumping spider. Zootaxa 3894(1): 183-187
  3. ↑ Logunov, D. V. (2018). Description of two new species from the genera Stertinius Simon, 1890 and Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Aranei: Salticidae) from north Borneo. Arthropoda Selecta 27(1): 57-60


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