{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Furculattus maxillosus | parent_authority = Balogh, 1980 | authority = Balogh, 1980 | display_parents = 2 | synonyms = ''Diolenius minotaurus'' <small>Wanless & Lubin, 1986</small> }}
'''''Furculattus''''' is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its only species is '''''Furculattus maxillosus'''''. It occurs on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain, New Guinea, where it was found in the canopy of rain forests.<ref>Wanless & Lubin 1986</ref>
==Description== Both sexes have unusual "horns" between their posterior eyes. Females reach a body length of almost 3 mm, while males are slightly larger, which is unusual for most spiders.
==Relationships== ''F. maxillosus'' seems to be related to the genera ''Chalcolecta'', ''Diolenius'', ''Lystrocteisa'', ''Sobasina'', ''Tarodes'', ''Udvardya'' and several others.<ref>Szűts 2003</ref>
==Name== The genus name is a contraction of furcula and the ending -attus, a common ending for salticid genera.
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.0. ''American Museum of Natural History''.
==Further reading== * {{aut|Balogh, Péter}} (1980): Studies on the Papuan Attidae (Araneae): ''Furculattus maxillosus'' gen. et sp. n. ''Folia ent. hung.'' '''41''': 25-27. * {{aut|Wanless, Fred R.}} & {{aut|Lubin, Y.D.}} (1986): ''Diolenius minotaurus'' sp. nov., a remarkable horned jumping spider from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae). ''J. nat. Hist.'' '''20''': 1211-1220. * {{aut|Szűts, T.}} (2003): On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. ''Folia entomologica hungarica'' '''64''': 41-58. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032151/http://salticidae.next-it.hu/PDF/szuts2003c_FOLIA.pdf PDF] (description and pictures) * {{aut|Gardzińska, J.}} (2004): Rewizja taksonomiczna grupy Dioleniae (Araneae: Salticidae). PhD Thesis in Akademia Podlaska, Siedlce, Poland. ("A revision of the group Diolenieae (Araneae: Salticidae)"; in polish)
==External links== * [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/furculat/max-phgr.htm Photographs of ''F. maxillosus'']
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Category:Salticidae Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera Category:Spiders of New Britain
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