Anasaitis canalis is a species of spider from the genus Anasaitis.[1] It was originally described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1925.
Anasaitis canalis | |
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Male Anasaitis canalis in Panama | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Anasaitis |
Species: | A. canalis
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Binomial name | |
Anasaitis canalis (Chamberlin, 1925)
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Description
editAnasaitis canalis was originally named as Saitis canalis. It is a spider of about 4 mm in length. This little spider has a dusky brown behind, with the eye region black with some purple and green reflections. It is also covered with yellowish-gray hair, but the first and second legs have long black hair.
Distribution
editAnasaitis canalis was originally described by a specimen found on Barro Colorado Island, an island in the Panama Canal. Recent observation place this species primarily in Central America,[2] although it has also been reported from the Caribbean region of Colombia.[3]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Anasaitis canalis.
- ^ Ralph Vary Chamberlin (July 1925). "Diagnoses of new American Arachnida". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. ISSN 0027-4100. Wikidata Q119092316.
- ^ "Anasaitis canalis (Chamberlin, 1925)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ Bedoya-Róqueme, E.; Lopez-Villada, S. (2020-10-22). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Department of Córdoba in the Caribbean Region of Colombia". Peckhamia. 224.1: 1–23.