Biology:Pseudofluda

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Pseudofluda
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pseudofluda
Mello-Leitão, 1928[1]
Type species
P. pulcherrima
Mello-Leitão, 1928
Species
  • Mello-Leitão, 1928Brazil , Argentina Nadal & Rubio, 2019Argentina
  • P. pergeri P. capandegui
  • Nadal & Rubio, 2019 – Argentina P. pulcherrima

Pseudofluda is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1928.[2] (As of August 2019) it contains only three species, found only in Brazil and Argentina : P. capandegui, P. pergeri, and P. pulcherrima.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (ψευδής), meaning "false", and the salticid genus name Fluda.[2]

The male of this species is 2.5 millimetres (110 in) long. The cephalothorax is chestnut-colored to black, with a chestnut colored spot on the posterior region. A white line goes along the length of the cephalothorax. The back of the abdomen is tawny with violet and green metallic scales. The species was first found in Petropolis, Brazil.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Pseudofluda Mello-Leitão, 1928. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2917. Retrieved 2019-09-12. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1928). "Novas notas arachnologicas. VI-IX". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 4 (3): 49–54. 

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