Cytaea Keyserling 1882
Description of a new species of Cytaea Keyserling 1882 from Fiji (Araneae: Salticidae)
Barbara Patoleta
Joanna Gardzińska
Genus
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Keyserling, 1882
Keyserling
1882
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Arachnida
Salticidae
Cytaea
CoL
Animalia
Araneae
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632
Arthropoda
genus
CytaeaKeyserling 1882, p. 1380; simon 1903, pp. 810-817; Żabka 1991, p. 24; Berry et al 1998, pp. 150- 151; murPHy & murPHy 2000, p. 349.
According to Berry et al. (1998) genus Cytaeais characterized by two-cusp tooth on retromargin of chelicerae and 3 to 6 teeth on promargin, lateral spines on all tibiae, patellae and metatarsi, and dorsal spine near base on tibiae. Cytaeacan be distinguish from similar genera in the entire Pacific (like Ascyltus, Euryattusand Servaea), by very short tibia and patella of the males palp, as wide as long or wider (Berry et al. 1998).