Planiemen
Planiemen is a genus of jumping spider erected in 2007 for the sole species Planiemen rotundus, formerly placed in the genus Pachyballus. It is endemic to Yemen.[1]
| Planiemen | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Planiemen Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007[1] |
| Species: | P. rotundus |
| Binomial name | |
| Planiemen rotundus (Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pachyballus rotundus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 | |
This dark-colored species is almost round in appearance. The cephalothorax and opisthosoma are each about 2 millimetres (1⁄16 in) long.[2]
References
- "Gen. Planiemen Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- Wesolowska, Wanda & van Harten, A. (2007). "Additions to the knowledge of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen". Fauna of Arabia. 23: 56–58.
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