Species of the genus Aelurillus are typically about 7 mm long in females, and up to five mm in males. They are stout, squat-shaped and rather furry, with females often uniformly mottled sandy brown, while males are often black, sometimes with a pattern and with light, annulated legs.[2]
HabitsEdit
Spiders in this genus mainly catch and feed on ants (myrmecophagy).
A Southeast Asian species of the genus Aelurillus has been observed to jump around 30-40 times its body length straight onto the back of a large gnaphosid spider and kill it.[3]
They like hot, dry, stony places or small bare open areas with dead twigs or similar amongst low vegetation.[2]
DistributionEdit
Species of the genus Aelurillus occur in the Palaearctic and Africa, with a few species known from India (A. improvisus, A. minimontanus) and Sri Lanka (A. kronestedti, A. quadrimaculatus). Aelurillus subfestivus is found in Japan.
SpeciesEdit
The following species are recognised in the genus Aelurillus:[4]
^"NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Further readingEdit
Li, D., Jackson, R.R. & Harland, D.P (1999). Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Aelurillus aeruginosus, A. cognatus and A. kochi, ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Israel. Isr. J. Zool45: 341-.
Azarkina, G.N. (2004): Two new species of the genus Aelurillus Simon, 1884 from Pakistan and Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society13(2): 49-52
Szűts, T. & Azarkina, G. (2002): Redescription of Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco, 1947 (Araneae: Salticidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici94: 209-216.
External linksEdit
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aelurillus, genus, spiders, family, salticidae, jumping, spiders, male, insignitusscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodasubphylum, chelicerataclass, arachnidaorder, araneaeinfraorder, araneomorphaefamily, salticidaesubfa. Aelurillus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae jumping spiders Aelurillusmale A v insignitusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaSubphylum ChelicerataClass ArachnidaOrder AraneaeInfraorder AraneomorphaeFamily SalticidaeSubfamily SalticinaeGenus AelurillusSimon 1885 1 Type speciesAraneus litera v insignitusClerck 1757SpeciesSee textDiversity68 species Contents 1 Description 2 Habits 3 Distribution 4 Species 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksDescription EditSpecies of the genus Aelurillus are typically about 7 mm long in females and up to five mm in males They are stout squat shaped and rather furry with females often uniformly mottled sandy brown while males are often black sometimes with a pattern and with light annulated legs 2 Habits EditSpiders in this genus mainly catch and feed on ants myrmecophagy A Southeast Asian species of the genus Aelurillus has been observed to jump around 30 40 times its body length straight onto the back of a large gnaphosid spider and kill it 3 They like hot dry stony places or small bare open areas with dead twigs or similar amongst low vegetation 2 Distribution EditSpecies of the genus Aelurillus occur in the Palaearctic and Africa with a few species known from India A improvisus A minimontanus and Sri Lanka A kronestedti A quadrimaculatus Aelurillus subfestivus is found in Japan Species EditThe following species are recognised in the genus Aelurillus 4 Aelurillus aeruginosus Simon 1871 Mediterranean Aelurillus afghanus Azarkina 2006 Afghanistan Aelurillus alboclypeus Azarkina amp Komnenov 2015 Turkey Aelurillus ambiguus Denis 1966 Libya Aelurillus andreevae Nenilin 1984 Central Asia Aelurillus angularis Proszynski 2000 Israel Aelurillus ater Kroneberg 1875 Central Asia Aelurillus balearus Azarkina 2006 Canary Islands Balearic Islands Aelurillus basseleti Lucas 1846 Algeria Tunisia Aelurillus blandus Simon 1871 Greece Crete Aelurillus bokerinus Proszynski 2003 Israel Aelurillus bosmansi Azarkina 2006 Spain Aelurillus brutus Wesolowska 1996 Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Aelurillus catherinae Proszynski 2000 Egypt Aelurillus catus Simon 1886 Senegal Aelurillus cognatus O P Cambridge 1872 Lebanon Aelurillus concolor Kulczynski 1901 Macedonia Iran Central Asia Aelurillus conveniens O P Cambridge 1872 Egypt Israel Syria Aelurillus cretensis Azarkina 2002 Crete Aelurillus cristatopalpus Simon 1902 South Africa Aelurillus cypriotus Azarkina 2006 Cyprus Aelurillus deltshevi Azarkina amp Komnenov 2015 North Macedonia Bulgaria Azerbaijan Aelurillus desertus Wesolowska amp van Harten 2010 United Arab Emirates Aelurillus dorthesi Audouin 1826 Egypt Aelurillus dubatolovi Azarkina 2003 Central Asia Aelurillus faragallai Proszynski 1993 Saudi Arabia Yemen Aelurillus galinae Wesolowska amp van Harten 2010 United Arab Emirates Aelurillus gershomi Proszynski 2000 Israel Aelurillus guecki Metzner 1999 Greece Aelurillus helvenacius Logunov 1993 Mongolia Aelurillus hirtipes Denis 1960 North Africa Aelurillus improvisus Azarkina 2002 India Aelurillus jerusalemicus Proszynski 2000 Israel Aelurillus khorasanicus Azarkina amp Mirshamsi 2014 Iran Aelurillus kochi Roewer 1951 Greece Israel Syria Aelurillus kopetdaghi Wesolowska 1996 Turkmenistan Aelurillus kronestedti Azarkina 2004 Sri Lanka Aelurillus laniger Logunov amp Marusik 2000 Macedonia Kazakhstan Aelurillus latebricola Spassky 1941 Tajikistan Aelurillus leipoldae Metzner 1999 Crete Aelurillus logunovi Azarkina 2004 Afghanistan Pakistan Aelurillus lopadusae Cantarella 1983 Italy Algeria Aelurillus lucasi Roewer 1951 Canary Islands Salvages Aelurillus luctuosus Lucas 1846 Mediterranean to Turkmenistan Aelurillus lutosus Tyschchenko 1965 Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Aelurillus marusiki Azarkina 2002 Iran Aelurillus minimontanus Azarkina 2002 India Aelurillus mirabilis Wesolowska 2006 Namibia Aelurillus m nigrum Kulczynski 1891 Palearctic Aelurillus madagascariensis Azarkina 2009 Madagascar Aelurillus marusiki Azarkina 2002 Iran Aelurillus minimontanus Azarkina 2002 India Aelurillus minutus Azarkina 2002 Syria Eritrea Aelurillus mirabilis Wesolowska 2006 Wesolowska 2006 Namibia Aelurillus monardi Lucas 1846 Mediterranean Aelurillus murphyorum Azarkina 2022 Kenya Aelurillus nabataeus Proszynski 2003 Israel Aelurillus nenilini Azarkina 2002 Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Aelurillus numidicus Lucas 1846 Algeria Aelurillus plumipes Thorell 1875 Algeria Tunisia Aelurillus politiventris O P Cambridge 1872 Greece to Israel Aelurillus quadrimaculatus Simon 1889 India Sri Lanka Aelurillus rugatus Bosenberg amp Lenz 1895 Tanzania Aelurillus russellsmithi Azarkina 2009 Ivory Coast Aelurillus schembrii Cantarella 1982 Sicily Malta Aelurillus simplex Herman 1879 Hungary Aelurillus spinicrus Simon 1871 Morocco Aelurillus steinmetzi Metzner 1999 Greece Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco 1947 Ethiopia Aelurillus subfestivus Saito 1934 Japan Aelurillus thailandicus Azarkina 2019 Thailand Aelurillus tumidulus Wesolowska amp Tomasiewicz 2008 Ethiopia Aelurillus unitibialis Azarkina 2002 Iran Aelurillus v insignitus Clerck 1757 Palearctic Aelurillus v insignitus morulus Simon 1937 France Aelurillus v insignitus obsoletus Kulczynski 1891 Eastern Europe Aelurillus westi Azarkina amp Zamani 2019 IranReferences Edit Gen Aelurillus Simon 1885 World Spider Catalog Natural History Museum Bern retrieved 2016 12 22 a b Murphy amp Murphy 2000 273 Murphy amp Murphy 2000 344 NMBE World Spider Catalog wsc nmbe ch Retrieved 2022 12 02 Murphy Frances amp Murphy John 2000 An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur Further reading EditLi D Jackson R R amp Harland D P 1999 Prey capture techniques and prey preferences of Aelurillus aeruginosus A cognatus and A kochi ant eating jumping spiders Araneae Salticidae from Israel Isr J Zool 45 341 Azarkina G N 2004 Two new species of the genus Aelurillus Simon 1884 from Pakistan and Sri Lanka Araneae Salticidae Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society13 2 49 52 Szuts T amp Azarkina G 2002 Redescription of Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco 1947 Araneae Salticidae Annales Historico Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 94 209 216 PDFExternal links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aelurillus v insignitus Short description of Aelurillus with drawings Redescription of Aelurillus subaffinis Caporiacco 1947 PDF Photographs of A monardi Archived 2011 07 06 at the Wayback Machine Photograph of A aeruginosus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aelurillus amp oldid 1168680655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
