Gastromicans Explained

Gastromicans is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1917.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, found in Central America, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil:^[2]

• Gastromicans albopilosa (Simon, 1903) (type) – Brazil, Paraguay
• Gastromicans hondurensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Guatemala, Honduras
• Gastromicans levispina (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
• Gastromicans noxiosa (Simon, 1886) – Bolivia
• Gastromicans tesselata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil
• Gastromicans vigens (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil, Argentina

External links

• Photographs of Gastromicans species from Brazil

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1917. Aranhas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Thomisidas e Salticidas brasileiras. Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro. 117–153. 1. Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão.
2. Gen. Gastromicans Mello-Leitão, 1917. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.