Maileus Explained

Maileus is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Maileus fuscus. It was first described by G. Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1907,^[1] and is only found on Borneo.^[2] It is closely related to the genus Microhasarius.

M. fuscus is known only from a single female, which is about long. Although no published drawings exist, Zabka has drawn the genitalia, and Proszynski has drawn the genitalia of both sexes of what is probably a different species of Maileus.^[3] No study has been published on the genus since its first description.

Name

The species name is derived from Latin fuscus "dusky, brown".

Notes and References

1. Peckham. G.. Peckham. E. G.. 1907. The Attidae of Borneo. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 603–653. 15. George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham.
2. Gen. Maileus Peckham & Peckham, 1907. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-19. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Murphy. Frances. Murphy. John. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur. 272.