Tusitala
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| Tusitala | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Hasariinae |
| Genus: | Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 | |
| Species | |
|
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| Diversity | |
| 10 species | |
Tusitala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). It contains ten African species.[1]
The name is Samoan, meaning 'writer of stories', and the name they gave to Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived his final four years in Samoa and is buried on Mount Vaea.[2]
Species[edit]
- Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015 – Botswana
- Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 (type species) – West, East, Southern Africa
- Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
- Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – South Africa
- Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927 – Congo
- Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) – Africa
- Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
References[edit]
- ^ "Tusitala". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Fletcher, Charles Brunsdon (1970). Stevenson's Germany. Ayer Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 0-405-02018-X. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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