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
Genus: Xuriella
Species: X. marmorea – X. prima
Name
Xuriella Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
Type species: Xuriella prima Wanda Wesołowska & Anthony Russell-Smith, 2000
References
Primary references
Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. 2000: Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae). Tropical Zoology 13(1): 11–127. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Xuriella is a small genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
The female of Heliophanus pygmaeus was incorrectly associated with the male of X. prima. Both species are beetle-like in appearance. Beetle mimicry is rather common in spiders (including salticids), and has probably developed independently several times.[1]
Species
Xuriella marmorea Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 — Yemen
Xuriella prima Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
Notes
Wesolowska 2004
References
Wesolowska, Wanda (2004): A redescription of Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesolowska et Russel-Smith, 2000, a small beetle-like salticid from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 15(2): 275-280. PDF
Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Salticidae.org: Photographs of X. marmorea
Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of X. prima
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