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Martella
Adult male Martella from Belize
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Martella

Type species
Martella pottsi
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

see text

Diversity
12 species

Martella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The members of Martella are ant mimics.[1]

Species

As of 2014, twelve recognized species are classified in the genus Martella.[2]

References

  1. ^ Peckham, George; Peckham, Elizabeth (1892). "Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae" (PDF). Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 2 (1): 1–83.
  2. ^ Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
  • Martella at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library