Galianora bryicola

Galianora bryicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Galianora
Species: G. bryicola
Binomial name
Galianora bryicola
Maddison, 2006

Galianora bryicola is a species of jumping spider from Ecuador.

Males are about 4 mm long, adult females are not yet known. This species is brown with a generalized salticid body form. The carapace is brown to black with a pale central longitudinal stripe on the thorax. The back of the abdomen is medium brown with indistinct speckling, the underside is black.[1]

One male was collected on a tree trunk, several juveniles were collected by beating moss-covered branches and tree trunks in the understory of lowland rainforest.[1]

Name

The species name refers to the habitat of mossy tree trunks: bryicola means "dwelling on moss".[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Maddison 2006

References

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