Udvardya
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Udvardya.elegans.male.in.vitro.jpg
| image_caption = in vitro male U. elegans
| taxon = Udvardya elegans
| authority = (Szombathy, 1915)
| synonyms =
Silerella elegans
Siler elegans
}}
Udvardya is a genus of jumping spider endemic to New Guinea. {{As of|2017}}, it contains only one species, Udvardya elegans.{{cite web|title=Salticidae| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| access-date=2017-04-21| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3034}}
Males and females are similar in appearance. There are minor differences in the abdominal pattern, and males have small curved "horns" on their chelicerae. In both sexes, the first pair of legs are greatly enlarged.
Behavior
Nothing is known about the biology of this species, as it is only known from dead specimens.
Name
The genus name is derived from the Hungarian biologist Miklos Udvardy; elegans is Latin for "elegant".
References
Further reading
- {{aut|Szombathy, Kálmán}} (1915): Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musee national hongrois. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung. 13: 478.
- {{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.
External links
{{Commons|Udvardya elegans}}
- Diagnostic Drawings Library: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/udvardya/ele-phsz.htm Udvardya elegans] (photographs and drawings)
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Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera
Category:Spiders of New Guinea
Category:Endemic fauna of New Guinea
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