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

8, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains eight species, found only in Africa and Israel:[1]

  • Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927Congo, Angola, Namibia
  • Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
  • Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014South Africa
  • Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
  • Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014Botswana, South Africa
  • Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal to Nigeria
  • Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
  • Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel
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References

  1. "Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. 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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