Cytaea levii is a species of jumping spider.

Cytaea levii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Cytaea
Species:
C. levii
Binomial name
Cytaea levii
Peng & Li, 2002

Appearance

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The species is allied to C. alburna.

Name

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Cytaea levii is named in honor of H. W. Levi, a mentor of one of the first describers at Harvard University.

Distribution

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Cytaea levii is only known from Taiwan.

References

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  • Xian-Jin Peng and Shu-Qiang Li (2002): Four new and two newly recorded species of Taiwanese jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) deposited in the United States. Zoological Studies 41(3): 337–345. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.