Small Jotus Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881
Fauna Portal species: 8591
Jotus minutus male, dorsal (ZMH A000636; Peak Downs Station, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al. (2019; fig. 9A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5729Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2019): Males of Jotus minutus differ from congeners by the embolic disc broad at base and nearly circular, prolaterally straight and without incisions; embolus tip broad and straight; and embolus accompanied by a finger-shaped conductor.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
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