Apricia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salticoidea

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 Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Genus: Apricia
Species: A. bracteata – A. jovialis – A. longipalpis

Name

Apricia Richardson, 2016: 507

Type species: Marptusa jovialis L. Koch, 1879.

Gender: feminine

Etymology: The name reflects the Latin apricus—lying open to the sun, and refers to the type species’ habit of basking on sunny walls. It is to be treated as feminine in gender.

References

Primary references

• Richardson, B.J. 2016. New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.1. Reference page.  [original description: p. 507]