Xuriella | |
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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: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Xuriella Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 |
Type species | |
Xuriella prima Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
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Species | |
Xuriella is a small genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
The female of Heliophanus pygmaeus was incorrectly associated with the male of X. prima. Both species are beetle-like in appearance. Beetle mimicry is rather common in spiders (including salticids), and has probably developed independently several times. [1]