Gold-footed Jotus Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881
Fauna Portal species: 8584
Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2019): Males of Jotus auripes differ from congeners by femora I and II comparably thick (0.5 as wide as long) and covered prolaterally with a field of orange setae, pedipalp patella densely covered with long white setae, tibia and cymbium densely covered with long iridescent setae and bulb with extremely small embolic disc.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2019): The brushed jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics. 3: 53 - 73