elamonia dimidiata From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Two-striped Telamonia Male Two-striped Jumper Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Section: Dionycha Superfamily: Salticoidea Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Plexippinae Tribe: Plexippini Genus: Telamonia Species: T. dimidiata Binomial name Telamonia dimidiata (Simon, 1899) Synonyms Viciria dimidiata Phidippus pateli The two-striped jumper, or Telamonia dimidiata, is a jumping spider found in various Asian tropical rain forests, in foliage in wooded environments. Contents [hide] 1 Description 2 Email hoax 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links Description[edit] Telamonia dimidiata at Durgapur, India Females can reach a body length of 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in), males can reach a length of 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). The female is light yellowish, with a very white cephalus and red rings surrounding the narrow black rings round the eyes. Two longitudinal bright red stripes are present on the opisthosoma.[1] The male is very dark, with white markings, and red hairs around the eyes. They appear in Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, India, and Bhutan. Telamonia Dimidiata are non-venomous and produce no toxin significant to humans. Email hoax[edit] Since 1999, the spider has been the subject of an email hoax claiming that it was a fatal spider found lurking under toilet seats in North Florida.[2] This hoax was a rehashing of an older email circulated in 1999 with similar claims, except under the name "South American Blush Spider (arachnius gluteus [sic])" - literally "butt spider". Similar email hoaxes (with details of the original changed here and there) have been found in other parts of the world claiming that the same thing happened in that country. Lately it has also appeared on Facebook, also including a picture of the arachnid. Posts commonly report of it being found world-round, suggesting everyone must take precautions.[3] No such events appear to have occurred, and the story is considered an urban legend.[4][5][6] The false rumor has since spread to websites such as the Abbywinters Discussion Forums, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr in 2012. Footnotes[edit] Jump up ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000:300 Jump up ^ "Hoax Slayer website". October 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010. Jump up ^ "New poisonous spider in the United States". facebook. Retrieved 2012-10-21. Jump up ^ "UCR Spiders Site: Internet Hoax". Spiders.ucr.edu. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2011-11-22. Jump up ^ "Spider Myths: Pulsating cactus". Washington.edu. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-11-22. Jump up ^ Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Two-Striped Telamonia Spider. Retrieved 2007-FEB-25. References
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