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Astia

Poole, Karen E.

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Astia is a monotypic genus of Australian jumping spiders containing the single species, Astia hariola. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1879, and is only found in New South Wales and Queensland. They are noticeable by the patterns on the dorsal surface of the abdomen that are either a creamy white or orange pale patch.

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. ClassTrematoda
  4. OrderPlagiorchiida
  5. FamilyOpisthorchiidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
41
Family
Salticidae
Collections
AM, QM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salticidae
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Commons category
Astia
taxon name
Astia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Astia
taxon author citation
L. Koch, 1879
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Astia is a monotypic genus of Australian jumping spiders containing the single species, Astia hariola. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1879, and is only found in New South Wales and Queensland. They are noticeable by the patterns on the dorsal surface of the abdomen that are either a creamy white or orange pale patch.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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