Festucula
Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2]
| Festucula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Festucula Simon, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. vermiformis Simon, 1901 | |
| Species | |
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8, see text | |
Species
As of June 2019 it contains eight species, found only in Africa and Israel:[1]
- Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
- Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
- Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
- Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
- Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
- Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal to Nigeria
- Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
- Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel
References
- "Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 45: 141–161.
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