Gelotia
| Gelotia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Gelotia Thorell, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
Gelotia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Gelotia is close to the salticid genera Cocalus and Mintonia. Spiders of this genus are dull colored and stealthy and do not jump.
The genus is named after the Roman name "Gelotius".
Species
- Gelotia argenteolimbata (Simon, 1900) — Singapore
- Gelotia bimaculata Thorell, 1890 — Borneo
- Gelotia bouchardi (Simon, 1903) — Sumatra
- Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
- Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 — Sri Lanka
- Gelotia robusta Wanless, 1984 — New Britain
- Gelotia salax (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi
- Gelotia syringopalpis Wanless, 1984 — China, Malaysia, Borneo
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Further reading
- Tamerlan Thorell: 1892: Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1-490. p.344
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