Epidelaxia
| Epidelaxia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Epidelaxia Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. albostellata Simon, 1902
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| Species | |
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Epidelaxia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] Once considered completely endemic to Sri Lanka, another species was discovered from Philippines in 2016.[3]
Species[edit]
As of June 2019[update] it contains four species, found only in Asia:[1]
- Epidelaxia albocruciata Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
- Epidelaxia albostellata Simon, 1902 (type) – Sri Lanka
- Epidelaxia maurerae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
- Epidelaxia obscura Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Epidelaxia Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 46: 363–406.
- ^ "Four new species of the jumping spiders from the Philippines, with description of the male of Phintella piatensis Barrion et Litsinger, 1995" (PDF). kmkjournals.com. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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