Alfenus
Genus of spiders
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Alfenus is a genus of jumping spiders.
| Alfenus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Alfenus Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).
Alfenus calamistratus has a characteristic hairy appearance.
The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 millimeters (0.28 in) (A. chrysophaeus) to 9 millimeters (0.35 in) (A. calamistratum) long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on A. calamistratum are white or brownish-orange.
Species
- Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 – Congo Basin
- Alfenus chrysophaeus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea or Cameroon
