Diolenius
Encyclopedia
Diolenius is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spider
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spider
Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
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Species
- Diolenius albopiceus Hogg, 1915 — New GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
- Diolenius amplectens Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
- Diolenius angustipes Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — Biak Islands
- Diolenius armatissimus Thorell, 1881 — Moluccas
- Diolenius bicinctus Simon, 1884 — Moluccas, New Guinea
- Diolenius decorus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea
- Diolenius infulatus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea, New BritainNew BritainNew Britain, or Niu Briten, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel...
- Diolenius insignitus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — Moluccas
- Diolenius lineatus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea
- Diolenius lugubris Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, New Britain
- Diolenius paradoxus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea
- Diolenius phrynoides (Walckenaer, 1837) — Amboina, New Guinea
- Diolenius redimiculatus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea
- Diolenius varicus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea
- Diolenius virgatus Gardzinska & Zabka, 2006 — New Guinea