Alfenus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: |
Alfenus Simon, 1902 |
Type species | |
Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 |
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Species | |
See text. |
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Diversity | |
2 species |
See text.
Alfenus is a genus of jumping spiders.
The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).
A. calamistratus has a characteristic hairy appearance.
The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 (A. chrysophaeus) to 9 millimeters (A. calamistratum) long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on A. calamistratum are white or brownish-orange.