Saitis insectus

Saitis insectus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Saitis
Species:
S. insectus
Binomial name
Saitis insectus
Synonyms

Prostheclina insecta Hogg, 1896

Saitis insectus is a species of spider in the genus Saitis and the family, Salticidae.[1] It is found in central Australia.[1]

Taxonomy

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Saitis insectus was first described in 1896 by Henry Roughton Hogg as Prostheclina insecta[1][2] It was transferred to the genus, Saitis in 1911 by William Joseph Rainbow (as Saitis insecta).[1][3][4] Hogg' describes a female spider,[2] (K946) collected from Rudall's Creek in the Northern Territory in 1894.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Saitis insectus Hogg, 1896". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Hogg, H.R. (1896). "Araneidae". In Spencer, B. (ed.). Report of the Horn expedition to central Australia. Part II. Zoology. Dulau and Co., London & Melville, Mullen and Slade, Melbourne. pp. 309–356, 354.
  3. ^ "Saitis insectus". Jumping spiders of the world.
  4. ^ Rainbow, W.J. (1911). "A census of Australian Araneidae". Records of the Australian Museum. 9 (2): 107–319, 286. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928.
  5. ^ "Occurrence Detail 478302517: Saitis insectus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.


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