Talavera (spider)

Talavera is a genus of very small jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1909.[2] They average about 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length, and are very similar to each other. In particular, the Central European species are difficult to distinguish, even when their genital features are studied under a microscope.[3] The name refers to Talavera, a region of Spain where many have been found.

Talavera
T. aequipes, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Talavera
Peckham & Peckham, 1909[1]
Type species
T. minuta
(Banks, 1895)
Species

16, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in Europe, Asia, the United States, and Canada:[1]

References

  1. "Gen. Talavera Peckham & Peckham, 1909". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1909). "Revision of the Attidae of North America". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 16 (1): 355–655.
  3. Bellmann, Heiko (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos. ISBN 3-440-10746-9.

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