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Matagaia

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Description
Name
Notes
References

{{Italic title}}{{Speciesbox
| taxon=Matagaia chromatopus
| authority=Ruiz, Brescovit & Freitas, 2007^[1]
}}Matagaia is a genus of jumping spiders.^[1] Its only species, M. chromatopus, was only found on Fernando de Noronha Island, an isolated group of volcanic islands located in the South Equatorial Atlantic, about 350 km from the nearest Brazilian mainland.^[2]

Description

M. chromatopus is similar to the genus Icius in general appearance, sexual dimorphism and male palp structure. Females are almost 5 mm long, with males less than 4 mm.^[2]

Name

The species name refers to the male leg coloration, and is derived from Ancient Greek chromos "color" and pus "foot".^[2]

Notes

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=Salticidae| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| accessdate=2017-04-18| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2776}}
2. ^¹²Ruiz et al. 2007

References

{{aut|Ruiz, Gustavo R.S.; Brescovit, Antonio D. & Freitas, Gilson C.C.}} (2007): Spiders from Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Part II. Proposal of a new genus and description of three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24(3): 771-776. PDF
{{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.

3 : Salticidae|Spiders of South America|Monotypic Araneomorphae genera

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