Viribestus is a monotypic genus of Papuan jumping spiders containing the single species, Viribestus suyanensis. It was first described by J. X. Zhang & Wayne Paul Maddison in 2012,[2] and is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Viribestus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Viribestus
Zhang & Maddison, 2012[1]
Species:
V. suyanensis
Binomial name
Viribestus suyanensis
Zhang & Maddison, 2012

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Viribestus Zhang & Maddison, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. ^ Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2012). "New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)". Zootaxa. 3491: 1–74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3491.1.1.