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.

female zebraplatys bulbus peng et al 2002
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Name
Distribution
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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

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