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Microhasarius

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Salticidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Subfamily
  
Hasariinae

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Microhasarius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

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Description

Microhasarius have a yellowish-red carapace with a very thin black margin. The cephalus and each side are black with some long whitish-yellow hairs. The abdomen is pale brown with a few dark spots and a dark, median stripe.

Distribution

M. pauperculus is only known from Java, M. animosus only from Sarawak in northern Borneo.

Name

The genus name is combined from "micro" (Greek μικρός for "small") and Hasarius.

Species

  • Microhasarius animosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Microhasarius pauperculus Simon, 1902 — Java
  • References

    Microhasarius Wikipedia