Clynotoides is a monotypic genus of Argentinian jumping spiders containing the single species, Clynotoides dorae. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1944,[2] and is only found in Argentina.[1] The name is a reference to Clynotis, meaning "having the likeness of Clynotis".

Clynotoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Clynotoides
Mello-Leitão, 1944[1]
Species:
C. dorae
Binomial name
Clynotoides dorae

Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Clynotoides Mello-Leitão, 1944". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1944). "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires". Revista del Museo de la Plata. 3: 311–393.
  3. ^ Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3): 231–292. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292. S2CID 85680279.