Macaroeris
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Macaroeris is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
, where most species of the genus occur, and the salticid spider genus Eris
.
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).
Name
The genus name is combined from MacaronesiaMacaronesia
Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...
, where most species of the genus occur, and the salticid spider genus Eris
Eris (spider)
Eris is a genus of the spider family Salticidae .-Name:The genus name is derived from Eris, the Greek goddess of discord .-Species:* Eris bulbosa — Mexico...
.
Species
- Macaroeris albosignata Schmidt & Krause, 1996 (Canary IslandsCanary IslandsThe Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
) - Macaroeris asiatica Logunov & Rakov, 1998 (Central AsiaCentral AsiaCentral Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
) - Macaroeris cata (BlackwallJohn BlackwallJohn Blackwall was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death...
, 1867) (MadeiraMadeiraMadeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) - Macaroeris desertensis Wunderlich, 1992 (Madeira)
- Macaroeris diligens (Blackwall, 1867) (Madeira, Canary Islands)
- Macaroeris flavicomis (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....
, 1884) (GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
) - Macaroeris litoralis Wunderlich, 1992 (Canary Islands)
- Macaroeris moebi (Bösenberg, 1895) (Canary Islands, Salvages, Madeira, 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...
) - Macaroeris nidicolens (Walckenaer, 1802) (EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to Central Asia)