Xenocytaea
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Xenocytaea is a 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...

 genus of the Salticidae family (jumping
spiders).

Of all 150 salticid genera known from Australia and the entire Pacific, only Chalcotropis
Chalcotropis
Chalcotropis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .-Species:* Chalcotropis acutefrenata Simon, 1902 * Chalcotropis caelodentata Merian, 1911 * Chalcotropis celebensis Merian, 1911...

, Donoessus
Donoessus
Donoessus is a genus of jumping spiders. One of the two described species is found only on Sumatra, the other on Borneo.-Species:* Donoessus nigriceps * Donoessus striatus Simon, 1902...

and Panysinus
Panysinus
Panysinus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .-Species:* Panysinus grammicus Simon, 1902 — India* Panysinus nicholsoni — Java...

resemble Xenocytaea.

Name

The genus name is a combination of Greek ξένος "strange, foreign" and the salticid genus Cytaea
Cytaea
Cytaea is a genus of the spider family Salticidae .-Species:* Cytaea aeneomicans Simon, 1902 — Lombok* Cytaea albichelis Strand, 1911 — Kei Islands* Cytaea albolimbata Simon, 1888 — Andaman Islands...

. Indicates that despite the similarity of the two genera in male palpal structure, this group of species does not belong in Cytaea.

Species

  • Xenocytaea anomala
    Xenocytaea anomala
    Xenocytaea anomala is a jumping spider.-Name:The epitheton anomala indicates the divergence of some characters of the species with others of the genus .-Distribution:...

    Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Caroline Is.)
  • Xenocytaea daviesae
    Xenocytaea daviesae
    Xenocytaea daviesae is a jumping spider.-Name:Named in honor of Valerie Todd Davies, a Salticid specialist from Queensland Museum, Australia.-References:...

    Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
  • Xenocytaea maddisoni
    Xenocytaea maddisoni
    Xenocytaea maddisoni is a jumping spider.-Name:Named after Wayne Maddison, a Salticid specialist of the University of British Columbia.-References:...

    Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
  • Xenocytaea triramosa
    Xenocytaea triramosa
    Xenocytaea triramosa is a jumping spider.-Name:The epitheton triramosa refers to the three-part retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp.-References:...

    Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
  • Xenocytaea zabkai
    Xenocytaea zabkai
    Xenocytaea zabkai is a jumping spider.-References:* Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. . Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26:149-189....

    Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 (Fiji)
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