| Wanlessia | |
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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: | Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992[1] |
| Type species | |
| W. sedgwicki Wijesinghe, 1992
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| Species | |
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Wanlessia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. P. Wijesinghe in 1992.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: W. denticulata and W. sedgwicki.[1] It is related to Portia,[3] and is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with well-developed palpal conductors.[2] Both species only have descriptions for males.[1] It is named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera from 1970 to 1990.
Wanlessia sedgwicki males are about 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long. Both the carapace and legs are yellowish-brown, though the carapace has irregular black markings and a lighter area around the fovea. The opisthosoma is yellow to white with similar markings near the rear, and is covered with amber-grey hairs. The legs have black rings on some segments.[3]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b Wijesinghe, D. P. (1992). "A new genus of jumping spider from Borneo with notes on the spartaeine palp (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 40: 11.
- ^ a b Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. p. 295.