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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Udvardya.elegans.male.in.vitro.jpg
| image_caption = in vitro male ''U. elegans''
| taxon = Udvardya elegans
| authority = ([[Kálmán Szombathy|Szombathy]], 1915)<ref name=NMBE />
| synonyms =
''[[Silerella]] elegans''<br />
''[[Siler (spider)|Siler]] elegans''
}}
'''''Udvardya''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[jumping spider]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Guinea]]. {{As of|2017}}, it contains only one species, '''''Udvardya elegans'''''.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web|title=Salticidae| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| access-date=2017-04-21| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3034}}</ref>
Males and females are similar in appearance. There are minor differences in the abdominal pattern, and males have small curved "horns" on their [[chelicera]]e. In both sexes, the first pair of legs are greatly enlarged.<ref name="Proszynski1992"/>
==Behavior==
Nothing is known about the biology of this species, as it is only known from dead specimens.
==Name==
The genus name is derived from the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] biologist [[Miklos Udvardy]];<ref name="Proszynski1992"/> ''elegans'' is [[Latin]] for "elegant".
==References==
{{Reflist|1|refs=
<ref name="Proszynski1992">{{aut|Proszynski, Jerzy}} (1992): Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections. ''Annales Zoologici, Warszawa'' '''44''': 114-115.</ref>
}}
==Further reading==
* {{aut|Szombathy, Kálmán}} (1915): Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musee national hongrois. ''Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. Hung.'' '''13''': 478.
* {{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''.
==External links==
{{Commons|Udvardya elegans}}
* Diagnostic Drawings Library: ''[http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/udvardya/ele-phsz.htm Udvardya elegans]'' (photographs and drawings)
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[[Category:Salticidae]]
[[Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera]]
[[Category:Spiders of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of New Guinea]]
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