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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| taxon = Laufeia
| authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1889<ref name=WSC_g2734/>
| diversity = 14 species
| diversity_link = #Species
| type_species = ''[[Laufeia aenea]]''
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1889<ref name=WSC_g2734/>
| synonyms =
{{Genus list
|Orcevia|Thorell, 1890
|Junxattus|Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012
|Lechia|Zabka, 1985
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| synonyms_ref = <ref name=WSC_g2734/>
| subdivision = See text.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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'''''Laufeia''''' is a [[spider]] [[genus]] of the jumping spider family, [[Salticidae]], with a mainly [[Asia]]n distribution,<ref name=WSC_g2734/> where they are found on tree trunks and branches or among leaf litter.<ref name=ZhanMadd15/>
==Description==
''Laufeia'' species are mostly small, hairy, brownish spiders. The [[chelicerae|chelicera]] usually has a tooth with two cusps on the rear-facing edge. The male generally has a slightly hardened plate ([[Scute|scutum]]) on the upper surface of the abdomen. The [[genitalia]] vary considerably between species; for example, the male [[palpal bulb]] has either a long or short embolus, which may or may not be coiled.<ref name=ZhanMadd15/>
==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Laufeia'' was erected by [[Eugène Simon]] in 1889 for the [[type species]] ''[[Laufeia aenea]]'',<ref name=WSC_g2734/> which had been collected in [[Yokohama]], Japan. Simon did not explain the origin of the genus name.<ref name=Simo89/> In [[Norse mythology]], Laufeia was the mother of the god [[Loki]].
Four more ''Laufeia'' species were known to Andrzej Bohdanowicz and [[Jerzy Prószyński]] in 1987; they doubted that three of them belonged in the genus.<ref name=BohdPros87/> In 2012, Prószyński and  [[Christa Deeleman-Reinhold]] split off some ''Laufeia'' species into the genera ''Orcevia'' and ''Junxattus'', noting the diversity of genital structures. A molecular and morphological study in 2015 showed that the original circumscription of ''Laufeia'' constituted a strongly supported [[clade]], and Junxia Zhang and [[Wayne Maddison]] restored all the species to ''Laufeia'', arguing that strong [[sexual selection]] could produce genital diversity even in closely related species.<ref name=ZhanMadd15/>
===Species===
{{As of|2017|04}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepted the following species:<ref name=WSC_g2734/>
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*''[[Laufeia aenea]]'' <small>Simon, 1889</small> ([[type species]]) – China, Korea, Japan
*''[[Laufeia aerihirta]]'' <small>(Urquhart, 1888)</small> – New Zealand
*''[[Laufeia concava]]'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – Malaysia
*''[[Laufeia daiqini]]'' <small>(Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012)</small> – Sumatra
*''[[Laufeia eucola]]'' <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Sumatra
*''[[Laufeia eximia]]'' <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> – China
*''[[Laufeia keyserlingi]]'' <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Sumatra, Java
*''[[Laufeia kuloni]]'' <small>(Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012)</small> – Java
*''[[Laufeia longapophysis]]'' <small>Lei & Peng, 2012</small> – China
*''[[Laufeia perakensis]]'' <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> – Malaysia, Java
*''[[Laufeia proszynskii]]'' <small>Song, Gu & Chen, 1988</small> – China
*''[[Laufeia sasakii]]'' <small>Ikeda, 1998</small> – Japan
*''[[Laufeia sicus]]'' <small>Wu & Yang, 2008</small> – China
*''[[Laufeia squamata]]'' <small>(Zabka, 1985)</small> – China, Vietnam{{Div col end}}
==References==
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<ref name=BohdPros87>{{Citation |last1=Bohdanowicz |first1=A. |last2=Prószyński |first2=J. |date=1987 |title=Systematic studies on East Palaearctic Salticidae (Araneae), IV. Salticidae of Japan |journal=Annales Zoologici, Warszawa |volume=41 |pages=43–151 |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>
<ref name=Simo89>{{Citation |last1=Simon |first1=E. |date=1889 |title=Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXIII. Descriptions de quelques espèces receillies au Japon, par A. Mellotée |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=8 |pages=248–252 }}</ref>
<ref name=WSC_g2734>{{citation |title=Gen. ''Laufeia'' Simon, 1889 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2734 |access-date=2017-04-28 }}</ref>
<ref name=ZhanMadd15>{{Citation |last1=Zhang |first1=J.X. |last2=Maddison |first2=W.P. |date=2015 |title=Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3938 |issue=1 |pages=1–147 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1 |pmid=25947489 |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>
}}
==External links==
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/laufeia/laufeia.htm Diagnostic drawings of ''Laufeia'' species]
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/laufeia/laufe-ph.htm Photograph of a ''Laufeia'' species]
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[[Category:Salticidae]]
[[Category:Salticidae genera]]
[[Category:Spiders of Asia]]
[[Category:Spiders of Oceania]]