Stenaelurillus setosus

Stenaelurillus setosus is a possible species of jumping spider from Myanmar and Thailand.[1] It was described from a single immature male specimen.[2] Stenaelurillus setosus was regarded as a nomen dubium (dubious name) by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021.[1]

Stenaelurillus setosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Stenaelurillus
Species:
S. setosus
Binomial name
Stenaelurillus setosus
Synonyms[1]
  • Philotherus setosus Thorell, 1895 (unavailable genus name)
  • Philotheroides setosus Strand, 1934 (generic nomen novum)

Description

The longish carapace is black with a dense black pubescence. The head part is rusty with a whitish curved stripe on each side. On the opisthosoma there is a wide transverse whitish band at the front and a narrower one near the spinnerets. In between the color is black with two light circular spots and some other white marks. Except for the mostly yellow tarsi, the legs are black.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described as Philotherus setosus by Tamerlan Thorell in 1895.[1] The genus name, Philotherus, was taken from Ancient Greek Φιλόθηρος ("fond of hunting"), taken from Persian mythology according to Thorell.[3] However, the name Philotherus had already been used in 1855 for a genus of birds,[4] and in 1934, Strand published the replacement name Philotheroides. In 1981, Jerzy Prószyński transferred it to the genus Stenaelurillus, but regarded it as a nomen dubium (dubious name).[1]

References
  1. "Taxon details Stenaelurillus setosus (Thorell, 1895)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 282.
  3. Thorell, T. (1895). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492.
  4. Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2005). "Redescriptions of little known jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from West Africa". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 51 (4): 357–378. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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