Biology:Festucula

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Festucula
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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 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, 2014South 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. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2647. 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. 

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