Festucula
| Festucula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Simon, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. vermiformis Simon, 1901
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| Species | |
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Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2]
Species
As of December 2023 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
- ^ a b "Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 45: 141–161.