Terralonus is a genus of American jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 1996.[2]

Terralonus
Male Terralonus californicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Terralonus
Maddison, 1996[1]
Type species
T. mylothrus
(Chamberlin, 1925)
Species

7, see text

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found only in the United States:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Terralonus Maddison, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. ^ Maddison, W. P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 154: 215–368.
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