Lakarobius
| Lakarobius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Lakarobius Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 |
| Species: | L. alboniger |
| Binomial name | |
| Lakarobius alboniger Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Lakarobius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, L. alboniger, is endemic to Fiji.
Name
Lakarobius signifies living in trees, from Greek lakara, a kind of tree, and bios, life. The epitheton alboniger means "white-black", because of the spider's black and white dorsal pattern.
References
- Berry J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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