Zuniga (spider)
| Zuniga | |
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| Female Zuniga sp. in Ecuador | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Salticidae | 
| Subfamily: | Salticinae | 
| Genus: | Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1] | 
| Type species | |
| Z. laeta (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zuniga is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[4] As of September 2019 it contains two species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: Z. laeta and Z. magna.[1] It is a senior synonym of Arindas[2] and Simprulloides.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Zuniga Peckham & Peckham, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1964). "Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes. II. Revisión del género Zuniga Peckham, 1892". Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 20: 69.
- ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1981). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Segunda parte". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 39: 15.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Photo of Zuniga from Costa Rica by Lisa Taylor, Arizona State University