Cytaea
Encyclopedia
Cytaea is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spider
s).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spider
Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
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Species
- Cytaea aeneomicans Simon, 1902 — LombokLombokLombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east...
- Cytaea albichelis Strand, 1911 — Kei Islands
- Cytaea albolimbata Simon, 1888 — Andaman IslandsAndaman IslandsThe Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west, and Burma , to the north and east...
- Cytaea argentosa (Thorell, 1881) — New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
- Cytaea barbatissima (Keyserling, 1881) — QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... - Cytaea carolinensisCytaea carolinensisCytaea carolinensis is a jumping spider.-Appearance:C. carolinensis is similar to C. ponapensis and C. rai. Males are 4–5 mm long, females 5.5-6.5 mm.-Distribution:...
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 — Caroline IslandsCaroline IslandsThe Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end... - Cytaea catella (Thorell, 1891) — New Guinea
- Cytaea clarovittata (Keyserling, 1881) — New South Wales
- Cytaea dispalans (Thorell, 1892) — JavaJavaJava is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
- Cytaea fibula Berland, 1938 — New HebridesNew HebridesNew Hebrides was the colonial name for an island group in the South Pacific that now forms the nation of Vanuatu. The New Hebrides were colonized by both the British and French in the 18th century shortly after Captain James Cook visited the islands...
- Cytaea flavolineata Berland, 1938 — New Hebrides
- Cytaea frontaligera (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea, Queensland
- Cytaea guentheri Thorell, 1895 — Burma
- Cytaea haematica Simon, 1902 — JavaJavaJava is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
- Cytaea haematicoides Strand, 1911 — Aru IslandsAru IslandsThe Aru Islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia. They also form a regency of Indonesia.-Geography:...
- Cytaea koroniviaCytaea koroniviaCytaea koronivia is a species of jumping spider.-References: : , version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.-External links: : Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26: 149-189....
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 — FijiFijiFiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island... - Cytaea laodamia Hogg, 1918 — New Guinea
- Cytaea laticeps (Thorell, 1878) — Amboina
- Cytaea lepida Kulczyński, 1910 — Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
- Cytaea leviiCytaea leviiCytaea levii is a species of jumping spider.-Name:C. levii is named in honor of H.W. Levi, a mentor of one of the first describers at Harvard University....
Peng & Li, 2002 — TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... - Cytaea mitellata (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
- Cytaea morrisoni Dunn, 1951 — Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
- Cytaea nausoriCytaea nausoriCytaea nausori is a species of jumping spider.-Name:The species is named after the area where the first specimen was collected.-Appearance:C. nausori females are about 6 mm long, males slightly longer than 4 mm....
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 — Fiji - Cytaea nigriventris (Keyserling, 1881) — Queensland
- Cytaea nimbata (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
- Cytaea oreophila Simon, 1902 — Java, SumatraSumatraSumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
- Cytaea piscula (L. Koch, 1867) — New South Wales, SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
- Cytaea piscula subsiliens (Kulczyński, 1910) — Samoa, New South Wales
- Cytaea plumbeiventris (Keyserling, 1881) — New Guinea, Queensland
- Cytaea ponapensisCytaea ponapensisCytaea ponapensis is a species of jumping spider.-Name:The species is named after the island of Ponape in the Caroline Island, where the first specimens were collected.-References: : , version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History....
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 — Caroline Islands - Cytaea raiCytaea raiCytaea rai is a species of jumping spider.-References: : , version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.-External links: : Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26: 149-189....
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 — Caroline Islands - Cytaea rubra (Walckenaer, 1837) — New Guinea
- Cytaea severa (Thorell, 1881) — Queensland
- Cytaea sinuata (Doleschall, 1859) — PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
to AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... - Cytaea sylvia Hogg, 1915 — New Guinea
- Cytaea trispinifera Marples, 1955 — Samoa
- Cytaea vitiensisCytaea vitiensisCytaea vitiensis is a species of jumping spider.-External links: : Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26: 149-189....
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 — Fiji