Laufeia

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Laufeia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Tribe: Laufeiini
Genus: Laufeia
Simon, 1889
Diversity
9 species
Type species
Laufeia aenea
Simon, 1889
Species

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Laufeia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with Asian distribution, where they are found on shrubs and other plants.

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[edit] Relationships

Also most species of this genus are probably congeneric, they do probably not belong to the type species, L. aenea (Bohdanowicz & Proszynski, 1987).

[edit] Name

The genus name is possibly derived from Laufeia the mother of the Norse god, Loki.

[edit] Species

  • Laufeia aenea Simon, 1889 — China, Korea, Japan
  • Laufeia aerihirta (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand
  • Laufeia eucola (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra
  • Laufeia keyserlingi (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra, Java
  • Laufeia liujiapingensis Yang & Tang, 1997 — China
  • Laufeia perakensis (Simon, 1901) — Malaysia, Java
  • Laufeia proszynskii Song, Gu & Chen, 1988 — China
  • Laufeia sasakii Ikeda, 1998 — Japan
  • Laufeia scutigera Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam

[edit] References

  • Bohdanowicz, A. & J. Prószyński. Systematic studies on East Palaearctic Salticidae (Araneae), IV. Salticidae of Japan. Annls zool. Warsz. 41: 43-151.

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