Martella (spider)
Martella is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[2]
| Martella | |
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| Adult male Martella from Belize | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Martella Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. pottsi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Species
As of June 2019 it contains twelve species, found in Central America, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico:[1]
- Martella amapa Galiano, 1996 – Brazil
- Martella bicavata (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
- Martella camba (Galiano, 1969) – Argentina
- Martella furva (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
- Martella gandu Galiano, 1996 – Brazil
- Martella goianensis Galiano, 1969 – Brazil
- Martella lineatipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Martella maria Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil
- Martella mutillaeformis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
- Martella pasteuri Galiano, 1996 – Brazil
- Martella pottsi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (type) – Guatemala to Brazil
- Martella utingae (Galiano, 1967) – Brazil
References
- "Gen. Martella Peckham & Peckham, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1892). "Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae". Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 2 (1): 1–84.
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