Gambaquezonia
| Gambaquezonia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: |
Gambaquezonia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 |
| Species: | G. itimana |
| Binomial name | |
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Gambaquezonia itimana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 |
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| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Gambaquezonia is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It was first described in some detail by Barrion & Litsinger (1995) from the female holotype, the only known specimen at the time. Its general appearance was later redescribed by Murphy and Murphy (2000). Its single species, described from a single collected female was found in rice fields of Luzon Island on the Philippines.
G. itimana is a long green jumping spider, similar and probably related to Orthrus and Asemonea. The female is 6 mm long. The carapace is pale yellow, with a black band surrounding the eyes and reaching to the rear margin. The yellow abdomen features some longitudinal grey stripes and a wide black band, followed by two lateral black spots. The legs are yellow, with dark stripes on some segments.
The female has several unusual morphological features, including a large number of ventral macrosetae on legs I and II, prominent sparse rows of elongate setae on the dorsum, a multi-cusped retromarginal tooth, and an epigynum, superficially this looks like a euophryine, but is quite different structurally.
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