Anasaitis canalis is a species of spider from the genus Anasaitis.[1] It was originally described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1925.

Anasaitis canalis
Male Anasaitis canalis in Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Anasaitis
Species:
A. canalis
Binomial name
Anasaitis canalis
(Chamberlin, 1925)

Description

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Anasaitis 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

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Anasaitis 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

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  1. ^ Ralph Vary Chamberlin (July 1925). "Diagnoses of new American Arachnida". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. ISSN 0027-4100. Wikidata Q119092316.
  2. ^ "Anasaitis canalis (Chamberlin, 1925)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. ^ 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.