Xenocytaea taveuniensis

Xenocytaea taveuniensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Xenocytaea. It was first identified in 2011 by Barbara Maria Patoleta.[1]

Xenocytaea taveuniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Xenocytaea
Species:
X. taveuniensis
Binomial name
Xenocytaea taveuniensis
Patoleta, 2011

Description

The species has a brown cephalothorax with white scales, which is 2 centimetres (34 in) long.[2]

Distribution

Xenocytaea taveuniensis is found in Fiji.[2]

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2018). "Xenocytaea taveuniensis Patoleta, 2009". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. Patoleta, Barbara (2011). "New species of Xenocytaea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński 1998 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Fiji and the Solomon Islands". Journal of Arachnology. 39 (2): 277–278. doi:10.1636/CA10-80.1. S2CID 85646165.


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