Cytaea taveuniensis

Cytaea taveuniensis is a jumping spider species in the genus Cytaea. The male was first identified in 2010 by Barbara Maria Patoleta and Joanna Gardzińska. The female has not been described.[1]

Cytaea taveuniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cytaea
Species:
C. taveuniensis
Binomial name
Cytaea taveuniensis

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Fijian island Taveuni.[2]

Description

The species is light brown with a cephalothorax that is 2.45 centimetres (1 in) long. It is similar to Cytaea nausori but is differentiated by its risen embolic base.[2]

Distribution

Xenocytaea vonavonensis is found in Fiji.[1]

References
  1. World Spider Catalog (2018). "Cytaea taveuniensis Patoleta & Gardzińska, 2010". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. Patoleta, Barbara; Gardzińska, Joanna (2010). "Description of a new species of Cytaea Keyserling 1882 from Fiji (Araneae: Salticidae)". Genus. 39 (2): 278. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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