Maileus
Genus of spiders
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Maileus is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Maileus fuscus. It was first described by G. Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1907,[2] and is only found on Borneo.[1] It is closely related to the genus Microhasarius.[2]
| Maileus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Maileus Peckham & Peckham, 1907[1] |
| Species: | M. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Maileus fuscus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 | |
M. fuscus is known only from a single female, which is about 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long. Although no published drawings exist, Zabka has drawn the genitalia, and Proszynski has drawn the genitalia of both sexes of what is probably a different species of Maileus.[3] No study has been published on the genus since its first description.[1]
Name
The species name is derived from Latin fuscus "dusky, brown".
