Terralonus
Encyclopedia
Terralonus is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
All six described species occur only in the United States
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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).
All six described species occur only in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Species
- Terralonus banksi (RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 1951) - Terralonus californicus (Peckham & PeckhamGeorge and Elizabeth PeckhamGeorge Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,...
, 1888) - Terralonus mylothrus (ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
, 1925) - Terralonus shaferi (GertschWillis J. GertschWillis John Gertsch was an American arachnologist. He classified a number of species, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider....
& Riechert, 1976) - Terralonus unicus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930)
- Terralonus versicolor (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)