Uroballus

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::summary Genus of spiders ::

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Uroballus is an Asian spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. It includes seven accepted species.

Uroballus is similar to the related genus Stertinius. Other related genera are Ligurra, Phyaces and Simaetha.

Description

Members of this genus have been described from India and Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Borneo.

Description

Uroballus are about 3 mm long in both sexes. The cephalothorax is very broad, almost square. The abdomen is oval, the first pair of legs thick and short with swollen femora. The other legs are weak.

The spinnerets are very long and thin. Among spiders, only Hersiliidae possess longer spinnerets. The function of such long spinnerets remains unknown. Adult spiders of some species may mimic lichen moths caterpillars.

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́) "tail" and the salticid genus Ballus, referring to the long spinnerets.

Species

, this genus includes seven species:

• Uroballus carlei Logunov & Obenauer, 2019 – China (Hong Kong)
• Uroballus henicurus Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
• Uroballus kinabalu Logunov, 2018 – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Uroballus koponeni Logunov, 2014 – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Uroballus nazirwanii Prajapati, Malamel & Sebastian, 2020 – India
• Uroballus octovittatus Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka (type species)
• Uroballus peckhami Żabka, 1985 – Vietnam

References

Bibliography

• Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

References

1. "Gen. ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog.
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
3. Logunov, D. V. (2018). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324068707_Description_of_two_new_species_from_the_genera_Stertinius_Simon_1890_and_Uroballus_Simon_1902_Aranei_Salticidae_from_North_Borneo Description of two new species from the genera ''Stertinius'' Simon, 1890 and ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Aranei: Salticidae) from north Borneo]. ''Arthropoda Selecta'' '''27'''(1): 57-60
4. Logunov, D.V. & Obenauer, S.M. 2019. A new species of ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Hong Kong, a jumping spider that appears to mimic lichen moth caterpillars. ''[[Israel Journal of Entomology]]'' '''49'''(1): 1–9. [http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2632730]
5. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289

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