Prostheclina pallida
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| Prostheclina pallida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Prostheclina |
| Species: | P. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Prostheclina pallida Keyserling, 1882[1] | |
Prostheclina pallida is a species of spider in the family Salticidae, native to Eastern Australia.[1] It was described by Keyserling in 1882,[1] and remained the only species in the genus until 2007, when six more species were described.[2]
Males have a body length of around 4.1 mm, females being somewhat longer at around 4.4 mm, with a longer abdomen in relation to the carapace. Both sexes have a yellow cephalothorax, which has stronger orange markings in males. The upper (dorsal) surface of the abdomen is pale yellow with a black pattern. The lower surface of both the cephalothorax and abdomen is yellow. The legs and pedipalps are yellow, except for parts of the first leg, which are orange. The palpal bulb of the male has a simpler set of lobes on the tegulum than other species of Prostheclina.[3]