Breech Jotus Jotus braccatus L. Koch, 1881
Fauna Portal species: 8585
Jotus braccatus male, dorsal (ZMH A0001634; Gayndah, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al. (2019; fig. 5A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5708Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2019): Males of Jotus braccatus differ from congeners by the long, slim femur I (0.25 as wide as long), the dense field of orange setae on prolateral section of leg I, the embolic disc as wide as long and with a smooth and narrow rim, and the embolus with a broad tip.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Queensland
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