Pensacolops

Pensacolops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Pensacolops
Bauab, 1983[1]
Species: P. rubrovittata
Binomial name
Pensacolops rubrovittata
Bauab, 1983[1]

Pensacolops is a genus of jumping spiders that occurs in Brazil. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Pensacolops rubrovittata.[1]

Name

The genus name is derived from the salticid genus Pensacola and the Greek root -ops "to look like". The species name is from Latin rubrus "red" and vittatus "striped".

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Pensacolops Bauab, 1983". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
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