Xuriella
| Xuriella | |
|---|---|
| male X. prima | |
| male X. prima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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
| |
| Species | |
Xuriella is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae with two described species.
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]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes two species:[2]
- Xuriella marmorea Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- Xuriella prima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa (type species)
Notes
- ^ Wesolowska 2004
- ^ "Gen. Xuriella Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
References
- Wesolowska, Wanda (2004): A redescription of Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesolowska et Russel-Smith, 2000, a small beetle-like salticid from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 15(2): 275-280. PDF Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Citizen science observations for Xuriella at iNaturalist
- Salticidae.org: Photographs of X. marmorea Archived 2009-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of X. prima