Gelotia
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Gelotia is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Gelotia is close to the salticid genera Cocalus
and Mintonia
. Spiders of this genus are dull colored and stealthy and do not jump.
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...
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Gelotia is close to the salticid genera Cocalus
Cocalus
In Greek mythology, Cocalus was a king of Kamikos in Sicily, according to Diodorus Siculus . After the escape of Daedalus and Icarus from King Minos's imprisonment, and the subsequent death of Icarus, Daedalus arrived in Sicily, where he was welcomed by King Cocalus...
and Mintonia
Mintonia
Mintonia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .-Species:* Mintonia bani Ikeda, 1995 — Japan* Mintonia breviramis Wanless, 1984 — Borneo* Mintonia caliginosa Wanless, 1987 — Borneo...
. Spiders of this genus are dull colored and stealthy and do not jump.
Species
- Gelotia argenteolimbata (SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1900) — SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - Gelotia bimaculata Thorell, 1890 — SumatraSumatraSumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
, BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia.... - Gelotia frenata Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
- Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 — Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
- Gelotia robusta Wanless, 1984 — 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...
- Gelotia salax (Thorell, 1877) — SulawesiSulawesiSulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
- Gelotia syringopalpis Wanless, 1984 — ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Malaysia, Borneo