Ocrisiona leucocomis

Ocrisiona leucocomis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Ocrisiona
Species:
O. leucocomis
Binomial name
Ocrisiona leucocomis
(L. Koch, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Marptusa leucocomis

Ocrisiona leucocomis is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to Australia and also known from New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described as Marptusa leucocomis by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1879.[1] It was most recently revised in 1990.[2]

Description

The cephalothorax is blackish with a dorsal white stripe. The legs are blackish. The abdomen is blackish with a light stripe dorsally and two to three light spots.[2]

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout Australia.[2] It has also recorded from New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Koch, Ludwig; Keyserling, Eduard von; Keyserling, Eugen; Koch, Carl. (1879). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.
  2. ^ a b c Żabka, M. (1990). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, IV. Genus Ocrisiona Simon, 1901. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 27-43.
  3. ^ Paquin, Pierre; Vink, Cornelis Jacob; Dupérré, Nadine (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Lincoln, N.Z: Manaaki Whenua Press. ISBN 978-0-478-34705-0.