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Alfenus

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Alfenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Alfenus
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
Alfenus calamistratus
Simon, 1902
Species

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Diversity
2 species

Alfenus is a genus of jumping spiders.

The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).

Alfenus calamistratus has a characteristic hairy appearance.

The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 (A. chrysophaeus) to 9 millimeters (A. calamistratum) long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on A. calamistratum are white or brownish-orange.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Gen. Alfenus Simon, 1902", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-12-22
  • Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2005): Redescriptions of little known jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from West Africa. Acta zoologica hungarica 51(4):357-378. PDF (with drawings)