Macopaeus
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Macopaeus is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Madagascar. It contains only one species, Macopaeus spinosus.{{cite web|title=Salticidae| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| accessdate=2017-04-17| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2753}} Two other species (M. celebensis Merian, 1911 and M. madagascarensis Peckham & Peckham, 1903) were described in this genus in the early 20th century. However, these were transferred to the genus Brettus in 1980.World Spider Catalog
Footnotes
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References
- {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
- {{aut|Wanless, Fred R.}} (1980): A revision of the spider genus Macopaeus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) 38: 219-223.
External links
- Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/macopaeu/spinosus.htm Diagnostic drawings]
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Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera
Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Category:Spiders of Madagascar
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