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Eburneana

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Eburneana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Eburneana
Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001
Type species
Eburneana scharffi
Wesołowska & Szűts, 2001
Species

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Eburneana is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Like several other salticids, this genus mimicks ants.

Description

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Eburneana are rather big ant-like spiders with a constricted cephalothorax. They are 8 to 12 mm (0.31 to 0.47 in) long. The body is very flat and rather slender. The cephalic and thoracic parts are parted by a clear constriction to mimic the ant body plan. Unlike other African ant-like salticids Eburneana has the chelicerae located more posteriorly, rich leg spination and clearly visible large spigots on the posterior spinnerets.

Relationships

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The structure of genitalia and the shape of the first legs resembles males of the subfamily Pelleninae, but the phylogenetic relationships of Eburneana to other genera are unclear.

Name

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The genus is named after the Latin name of Ivory Coast, Litus Eburneum, where one of the species was first found.

Species

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References

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  • Wesołowska, W. & Szűts, T. (2001): A new genus of ant-like jumping spiders from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsawa) 51(4): 523–528.
  • Szűts, T. (2003): A new species of Eburneana Wesołowska & Szűts with notes on the biogeography and morphology of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 14(3): 419–424. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.