Viribestus

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Viribestus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Viribestus
Zhang & Maddison, 2012 [1]
Species:
V. suyanensis
Binomial name
Viribestus suyanensis
Zhang & Maddison, 2012

Viribestus is a monotypic genus of Papuan jumping spiders containing the single species, Viribestus suyanensis. It was first described by J. X. Zhang & Wayne Paul Maddison in 2012, [2] and is found in Papua New Guinea. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Viribestus Zhang & Maddison, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2012). "New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)". Zootaxa. 3491: 1–74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3491.1.1.