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Zebraplatys bulbus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Salticidae

Scientific name
  
Zebraplatys bulbus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Genus
  
Zebraplatys

Rank
  
Species

female zebraplatys bulbus peng et al 2002


Zebraplatys bulbus is a species of jumping spider.

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Appearance

The species has a very flat body, the carapace is dark to blackish brown.

Name

The specific name is derived from the spherical spermatheca of the vulva.

Distribution

Z. bulbus is only known from Taiwan. All other described Zebraplatys species are from Australia.

Literature

  • Peng, Xian-Jin; Tso, I-Min & Li, Shu-Qiang (2002): Five new and four newly recorded species of jumping spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoological Studies 41(1): 1-12. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
  • References

    Zebraplatys bulbus Wikipedia