Macopaeus is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Madagascar. It contains only one species, Macopaeus spinosus.[1] Two other species (M. celebensis Merian, 1911 and M. madagascarensis Peckham & Peckham, 1903) were described in this genus in the early 20th century. However, these were transferred to the genus Brettus in 1980.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Asemoneinae |
| Genus: | Macopaeus Simon, 1900[1] |
| Species: | M. spinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Macopaeus spinosus Simon, 1900[1]
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Footnotes edit
- ^ a b c "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ World Spider Catalog
References edit
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading edit
- Wanless, Fred R. (1980): A revision of the spider genus Macopaeus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) 38: 219-223.
External links edit
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings
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