Uroballus octovittatus

Uroballus octovittatus is a species of spider of the genus Uroballus. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1]

Uroballus octovittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Uroballus
Species:
U. octovittatus
Binomial name
Uroballus octovittatus
Simon, 1902

This species is known from a female and a male specimen. From the other Uroballus species described up to 2014, only females were collected.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Uroballus octovittatus Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ Logunov, D. V. (2014). Description of a new species of Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Malaysia, with the longest spinnerets of any known jumping spider. Zootaxa 3894(1): 183-187