Microhasarius
Microhasarius is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
| Microhasarius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Salticidae | 
| Subfamily: | Salticinae | 
| Genus: | Microhasarius Simon, 1902 | 
| Type species | |
| Microhasarius pauperculus Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
Description
    
Microhasarius have a yellowish-red carapace with a very thin black margin.[1] The cephalus and each side are black with some long whitish-yellow hairs. The abdomen is pale brown with a few dark spots and a dark, median stripe.[2]
Distribution
    
M. pauperculus is only known from Java, M. animosus only from Sarawak in northern Borneo.
Species
    
- Microhasarius animosus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Microhasarius pauperculus Simon, 1902 — Java
Footnotes
    
- Proszynski,1997
- Murphy & Murphy 2000: 285
References
    
- Simon, E. (1902) Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite), Ann. Soc. ent. Belg., 46, p. 395
- Peckham, G. and Peckham, E. G. (1907) The Attidae of Borneo, Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let., '15, p. 608
- Proszynski, J. (1997) Genus Microhasarius (Simon, 1902), Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library, www site, accessed 15 June 2007
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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