Biology:Vatovia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Vatovia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Vatovia
Caporiacco, 1940[1]
Species:
V. albosignata
Binomial name
Vatovia albosignata
Caporiacco, 1940

Vatovia is a monotypic genus of Ethiopian jumping spiders containing the single species, Vatovia albosignata. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1940,[2] and is found in Ethiopia.[1] Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Vatovia Caporiacco, 1940. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3043. Retrieved 2019-09-29. 
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1940). "Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla". Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia 11: 767–873. 
  3. Maddison, Wayne P. (2015), "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)", Journal of Arachnology 43 (3): 231–292, doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292 

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