Xuriella is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae with two described species.
| Xuriella | |
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| male X. prima | |
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| male X. prima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Xuriella Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| Xuriella prima Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | |
| Species | |
The female of Heliophanus pygmaeus was incorrectly associated with the male of X. prima. Both species are beetle-like in appearance. Beetle mimicry is rather common in spiders (including salticids), and has probably developed independently several times.[1]
Species
editAs of October 2025[update], this genus includes two species:[2]
- Xuriella marmorea Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- Xuriella prima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa (type species)
Notes
edit- ↑ Wesolowska 2004
- ↑ "Gen. Xuriella Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
References
edit- Wesolowska, Wanda (2004): A redescription of Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesolowska et Russel-Smith, 2000, a small beetle-like salticid from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 15(2): 275-280. PDF Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Xuriella at iNaturalist
- Salticidae.org: Photographs of X. marmorea Archived 2009-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of X. prima
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