Kibo is a monotypic genus of east African jumping spiders containing the single species, Kibo simoni. The genus was first described by Wanda Wesolowska and T. Szűts in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in Tanzania.[1] The type species, Kibo simoni, was originally described under the name "Pochyta simoni" it was moved to its own genus in 2021.[3][2]

Kibo simoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Kibo
Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021[1]
Species:
K. simoni
Binomial name
Kibo simoni
(Lessert, 1925)[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Kibo Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ^ a b Wesołowska, W.; Szűts, T. (2021). "A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)". Zootaxa. 5052 (1): 1–41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1. PMID 34810890.
  3. ^ Lessert, R. de (1925). "Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 5. Salticidae". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 31: 429–528. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117792.