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Macopaeus

Macopaeus is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Madagascar. It contains only one species, Macopaeus spinosus. Two other species were described in this genus in the early 20th century. However, these were transferred to the genus Brettus in 1980.

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Length
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Source
Macopaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Asemoneinae
Genus: Macopaeus
Simon, 19001
Species:
M. spinosus
Binomial name
Macopaeus spinosus
Simon, 19001

Macopaeus is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Madagascar. It contains only one species, Macopaeus spinosus.1 Two other species (M. celebensis Merian, 1911 and M. madagascarensis Peckham & Peckham, 1903) were described in this genus in the early 20th century. However, these were transferred to the genus Brettus in 1980.2

Footnotes

Footnotes

  1. "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  2. World Spider Catalog
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References

Further reading

Further reading

  • Wanless, Fred R. (1980): A revision of the spider genus Macopaeus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) 38: 219-223.
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