| Paracyrba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Paracyrba Żabka & Kovac, 1996[1] |
| Species: | P. wanlessi
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| Binomial name | |
| Paracyrba wanlessi Zabka & Kovac, 1996[1]
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Paracyrba is a genus of jumping spiders found only in Malaysia. It contains only one species, Paracyrba wanlessi.[1] Its microhabitat are the water-filled hollow internodes of decaying bamboo, where it preys for aquatic animals, especially mosquito larvae.[2] P. wanlessi and Evarcha culicivora, a jumping spider, are the only two spiders that have been experimentally studied and considered a mosquito specialist. E. culicivora indirectly feeds vertebrate blood by preying female mosquitos that carry blood.[3] In general only one specimen is found per occupied bamboo internode.[4]
- ^ a b c "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ Zhang et al. 2006
- ^ Jackson, Robert R., and Fiona R. Cross. "Mosquito-terminator spiders and the meaning of predatory specialization." The Journal of Arachnology 43.2 (2015): 123-142.
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 294