Anelosimus potmosbi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamily: Anelosiminae
Genus: Anelosimus
Species: Anelosimus potmosbi

Name

Anelosimus potmosbi Agnarsson, 2012: 5, figs. 2A-H

Holotype: coll. I. Agnarsson, ♂.

Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA:National Capital District, Baruni Village, just west of Port Moresby, 9°25´38´´S 147°07´59´´E, trees on beach, 0 m elevation, 17.iv.2009.

Etymology: The species epithet, a noun in apposition, is named after the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby, on the outskirts of which it was collected, following the spelling of Tok Pisin, an official creole language of Papua New Guinea: Pot Mosbi.

References

• Agnarsson, I. 2012b: Systematics of new subsocial and solitary Australasian Anelosimus species (Araneae: Theridiidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 26: 1–16. DOI: 10.1071/IS11039.