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  Name ''Furculattus''
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Arthropoda
  Classis Arachnida
  Ordo Araneae
  Familia Salticidae
  Subfamilia Agoriinae
  Tribus Dioleniini
  Genus '''''Furculattus'''''
  Genus Authority Balogh , 1980
  Diversity Link List of Salticidae species#Furculattus
  Diversity 1 species
  Species '''''F maxillosus'''''
  Binomial ''Furculattus maxillosus''
  Binomial Authority Balogh, 1980


''Furculattus'' is a Spider Genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), with the single species ''F. maxillosus''. It occurs on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain , New Guinea , where it was found in the canopy of rain forests (Wanless & Lubin 1986).


DESCRIPTION

Both sexes have unusual "horns" between their posterior eyes. Females reach a body length of almost 3 mm, while males are slightly larger, which is unusual for spiders.


RELATIONSHIPS

''F. maxillosus'' seems to be related to the genera '' Chalcolecta '', '' Diolenius '', '' Lystrocteissa '', '' Sobasina '', '' Tarodes '', '' Udvardya '' and several others (Szűts 2003).


NAME

The genus name is a contraction of Furcula and the ending -attus, a common ending for salticid genera.


FURTHER READING

  • (1980): Studies on the Papuan Attidae (Araneae): ''Furculattus maxillosus'' gen. et sp. n. ''Folia ent. hung.'' 41: 25-27.

  • & (1986): ''Diolenius minotaurus'' sp. nov., a remarkable horned jumping spider from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae). ''J. nat. Hist.'' 20: 1211-1220.

  • (2003): On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. ''Folia entomologica hungarica'' 64: 41-58. PDF (description and pictures)

  • (2004): Rewizja taksonomiczna grupy Dioleniae (Araneae: Salticidae). PhD Thesis in Akademia Podlaska , Siedlce, Poland. ("A revision of the group Diolenieae (Araneae: Salticidae)"; in polish)



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