Wanlessia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Wanlessia
Wijesinghe, 1992[1]
Type species
W. sedgwicki
Wijesinghe, 1992
Species

Wanlessia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. P. Wijesinghe in 1992.[2] As of September 2019 it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: W. denticulata and W. sedgwicki.[1] It is related to Portia,[3] and is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with well-developed palpal conductors.[2] Both species only have descriptions for males.[1] It is named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera from 1970 to 1990.

Wanlessia sedgwicki males are about 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long. Both the carapace and legs are yellowish-brown, though the carapace has irregular black markings and a lighter area around the fovea. The opisthosoma is yellow to white with similar markings near the rear, and is covered with amber-grey hairs. The legs have black rings on some segments.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  2. 1 2 Wijesinghe, D. P. (1992). "A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 40: 11.
  3. 1 2 Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. p. 295.


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