Festucula

Genus of spiders

Festucula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Festucula
Simon, 1901[1]
Type species
F. vermiformis
Simon, 1901
Species

8, see text

Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2]

Species

As of December 2023[update] it contains ten species, found only in Africa and Israel:[1]

  • Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
  • Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 – Botswana
  • 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 monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
  • Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
  • Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 45: 141–161.
Taxon identifiers
Festucula


  • v
  • t
  • e