Augustaea is a monotypic genus of ant-like Singaporean jumping spiders containing the single species, Augustaea formicaria. It was first described by C. Szombathy in 1915,[2] and is only found in Singapore.[1] They are about 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long, and placed close to Agorius.

Augustaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Augustaea
Szombathy, 1915[1]
Species:
A. formicaria
Binomial name
Augustaea formicaria
Szombathy, 1915

Szombathy's drawings suggest that A. formicaria might belong to Orsima,[3] but no study has been published on it since its first description in 1915.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Augustaea Szombathy, 1915". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Szombathy, C. (1915). "Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musée National Hongrois". Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 13: 468–490 [478].
  3. ^ Murphy, F.; Murphy, J. (2000). An introduction to the spiders of South East Asia with notes on all the genera. Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur. p. 270.