Viroqua ultima

Viroqua ultima is a species of spider in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is the only described species of the genus Viroqua. It is only found in Australia. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1881, in the genus Jotus, and was transferred to the new genus Viroqua by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1901.[1] It is likely that the Peckhams derived the genus name from Viroqua, Wisconsin, as they named genera after unrelated locations on several other occasions.

This article is about a species of spider. For the county seat of Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States, see Viroqua, Wisconsin.

Viroqua ultima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Viroqua
Peckham & Peckham, 1901[1]
Species:
V. ultima
Binomial name
Viroqua ultima
(L. Koch, 1881)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Jotus ultimus L. Koch, 1881

References
  1. "Gen. Viroqua Peckham & Peckham, 1901", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25


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