Английская Википедия:Aelurillus mirabilis
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Aelurillus mirabilis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Aelurillus that lives in Namibia. It was first described in 2006 by Wanda Wesołowska. The species is medium-sized to large, with a dark brown carapace that is between Шаблон:Convert long and a fawn abdomen that is between Шаблон:Convert long. The spider has an indistinct marking of two brown streaks on the abdomen, which is nearly invisible on the female. It is unusual in the genus for the lack of central depression and sclerotized flaps at the top of the copulatory openings in the female epigyne. This, along with the shape of the male copulatory organs with their distinctive coiled embolus, enable the spider to be differentiated from others in the genus.
Taxonomy
Aelurillus mirabilis is a jumping spider species first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2006.[1] It is one of over 500 species identified by the Polish arachnologist during her career.Шаблон:Sfn It was tentatively placed in the genus Aelurillus, although Wesołowska was initially wary of the allocation due to the difference of some of the features of both the male and female from the rest of the genus, first described by Eugène Simon in 1885.Шаблон:Sfn The genus name derives from the Greek word for cat and the species name is derived from the Latin for strange.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The genus was placed in the subtribe Aelurillina in the tribe Aelurillini, both named after the genus, by Wayne Maddison in 2015. These were allocated to the clade Saltafresia.Шаблон:Sfn In 2017, the genus was grouped with nine other genera of jumping spiders under the name Aelurillines.Шаблон:Sfn
Description
The spider is medium-sized to large and hairy. The male has a dark brown pear-shaped carapace that measures between Шаблон:Convert in length and between Шаблон:Convert in width. It is covered with whitish grey hairs and scattered long brown bristles. The abdomen is round and fawn in colour with two faint brown streaks, between Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The base of the abdomen is whitish yellow. The eye field is black has short hard spines towards the front which decrease in size towards the back. The clypeus is brown and the chelicerae are dark yellow with a one very small tooth visible. The spinnerets are brown, thin and long, and the legs are short and range from dark yellow and light brown. The pedipalps are yellow with greyish white hairs.Шаблон:Sfn with some small white hairs. The palpal bulb is brown, has two distinctive protuberances and a single projection that extends from the central area of the bulb. The embolus is coiled and hidden so only the tip is visible.Шаблон:Sfn The shape of the copulatory organs differentiate the species from others in the genus.Шаблон:Sfn
The female is similar to the male in shape but slightly larger. It has an carapace Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and an abdomen that is between Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.Шаблон:Sfn The colouring is similar, although the brown markings on the abdomen are even more indistinct. The epigyne has a large pocket and two fissure-like copulatory openings. The insemination ducts are very broad and the recepticles spherical.Шаблон:Sfn It is unusual in the genus for the lack of central depression and sclerotized flaps at the top of the copulatory openings.Шаблон:Sfn
Distribution
The spider is endemic to Namibia.[1] The species was first identified in the area around the Brandberg Mountain, based on a male holotype and multiple female and male paratypes collected in 2000.Шаблон:Sfn
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