Microhasarius

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Microhasarius is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Microhasarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Microhasarius
Simon, 1902
Type species
Microhasarius pauperculus
Simon, 1902
Species

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Description

Microhasarius have a yellowish-red carapace with a very thin black margin.[1] The cephalus and each side are black with some long whitish-yellow hairs. The abdomen is pale brown with a few dark spots and a dark, median stripe.[2]

Distribution

M. pauperculus is only known from Java, M. animosus only from Sarawak in northern Borneo.

Name

The genus name is combined from "micro" (Greek μικρός for "small") and Hasarius.

Species

  • Microhasarius animosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Microhasarius pauperculus Simon, 1902 — Java

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