Elaver madera
Elaver madera is a species of spider in the spider family Clubionidae.[1][2] It was first named Clubionoides madera when circumscribed in 1966.[3] It is closely allied to Elaver texana and its related species, which are mostly found in the American tropics.[3]
| Elaver madera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Clubionidae |
| Genus: | Elaver |
| Species: | E. madera |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaver madera (Roddy, 1966) | |
It is a relatively large clubionid species, about 1/2 inch (13.90 mm) in length overall.[3] Its carapace and appendages are pale yellowish brown, and its abdomen is gray covered with fine hairs.[3]
The female holotype and paratype were collected at Madera Canyon, Arizona in June, 1952.[3]
References
- Encyclopedia of Life: Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), http://eol.org/pages/1203544/overview, accessed 11 Jan 2018.
- Regiane Saturnino and Alexandre Bragio Bonaldo. 2015. Taxonomic review of the New World spider genus Elaver O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 (Araneae, Clubionidae). Zootaxa, Vol. 4045, No. 1, 23 Nov. 2015, https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4045.1.1; DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4045.1.1.
- Roddy, L.R. 1966. New species, records, of clubionid spiders. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 85(3):399-407. DOI: 10.2307/3224319. JSTOR Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3224319.
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