Udvardya
Udvardya is a genus of jumping spider endemic to New Guinea. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Udvardya elegans.[1]
| Udvardya | |
|---|---|
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| in vitro male U. elegans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Udvardya |
| Species: | U. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Udvardya elegans (Szombathy, 1915)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Males and females are similar in appearance. There are minor differences in the abdominal pattern, and males have small curved "horns" on their chelicerae. In both sexes, the first pair of legs are greatly enlarged.[2]
Behavior
Nothing is known about the biology of this species, as it is only known from dead specimens.
Name
The genus name is derived from the Hungarian biologist Miklos Udvardy;[2] elegans is Latin for "elegant".
References
- "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- Proszynski, Jerzy (1992): Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections. Annales zoologici, Warszawa 44: 114-115.
Further reading
- Szombathy, Kálmán (1915): Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musee national hongrois. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung. 13: 478.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
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- Diagnostic Drawings Library: Udvardya elegans (photographs and drawings)
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