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Toticoryx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Toticoryx
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]
Species:
T. exilis
Binomial name
Toticoryx exilis
Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002[1]

Toticoryx is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species is found in Guinea.

Name

The describers state that the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. exilis is Latin for "slender", referring to the spider's body shape.

Appearance

This spider is only 3mm long and very flat. The habitus resembles Pseudicius.

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Toticoryx Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-04
  • Rollard, Ch. & Wesolowska, W. (2002): Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema 24(2):283-307. PDF