Augustaea is a monotypic genus of ant-like Singaporean jumping spiders containing the single species, Augustaea formicaria. It was first described by C. Szombathy in 1915,[2] and is only found in Singapore.[1] They are about 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long, and placed close to Agorius.
| Augustaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Augustaea Szombathy, 1915[1] |
| Species: | A. formicaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Augustaea formicaria Szombathy, 1915
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Szombathy's drawings suggest that A. formicaria might belong to Orsima,[3] but no study has been published on it since its first description in 1915.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Augustaea Szombathy, 1915". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Szombathy, C. (1915). "Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musée National Hongrois". Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 13: 468–490 [478].
- ^ Murphy, F.; Murphy, J. (2000). An introduction to the spiders of South East Asia with notes on all the genera. Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur. p. 270.
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