Bristowia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Agoriinae
Tribus: Piliini
Genus: Bristowia
Species: B. afra – B. gandhii – B. heterospinosa

Name

Bristowia Reimoser, 1934

Type species: Bristowia heterospinosa Eduard Reimoser, 1934
References
Primary references

Reimoser, E. 1934a. The spiders of Krakatau. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1934(1): 13-18. Reference page.

Additional references

Szüts, T. 2004. A revision of the genus Bristowia (Araneae: Salticidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 65: 25–31. PDF

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names
한국어: 금오깡충거미속

Bristowia is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae, found in Africa and Asia.[1]

B. heterospinosa is about 3 to 4 mm long in both sexes.[2]
Name

The genus is named after naturalist and arachnologist W. S. Bristowe.
Species

As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

Bristowia afra Szűts, 2004 — Congo basin
Bristowia gandhii Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 — Sri Lanka
Bristowia heterospinosa Reimoser, 1934 — India, China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Krakatau

References

"Gen. Bristowia Reimoser, 1934". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-01.

Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8.

Bibliography

Szűts, T. (2004). "A revision of the genus Bristowia (Araneae: Salticidae)". Folia entomologica hungarica 65: 25-31. PDF