Biology:Planamarengo

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Short description: Genus of jumping spiders

Planamarengo
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Planamarengo
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1]
Type species
Copocrossa bimaculata
(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)
Species
  • Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)
  • Planamarengo gatamaiyu Planamarengo bimaculata
  • Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 Planamarengo kenyaensis

Planamarengo is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by G. N. Azarkina and C. R. Haddad in 2020.[2] The type species, Planamarengo bimaculata, was originally described under the name "Copocrossa bimaculata",[3] but was moved to a new genus in 2020 when two similar species were discovered in Kenya.[2] (As of April 2022) it contains only three species: P. bimaculata, P. gatamaiyu, and P. kenyaensis.[1]

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Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q104713125 entry