Anelosimus potmosbi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Anelosiminae
Genus: Anelosimus
Species: Anelosimus potmosbi

Name

Anelosimus potmosbi Agnarsson, 2012: 5, figs. 2A-H

Holotype: coll. I. Agnarsson, ♂.
Type locality: PAPUA NEW GUINEA:National Capital District, Baruni Village, just west of Port Moresby, 9°25´38´´S 147°07´59´´E, trees on beach, 0 m elevation, 17.iv.2009.
Etymology: The species epithet, a noun in apposition, is named after the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby, on the outskirts of which it was collected, following the spelling of Tok Pisin, an official creole language of Papua New Guinea: Pot Mosbi.

References

  • Agnarsson, I. 2012b: Systematics of new subsocial and solitary Australasian Anelosimus species (Araneae: Theridiidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 26: 1–16. DOI: 10.1071/IS11039.