Martella
| Martella | |
|---|---|
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| Adult male Martella from Belize | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| (unranked): | Amycoida |
| Genus: | Martella Peckham & Peckham, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Martella pottsi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
Martella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The members of Martella are ant mimics.[1]
Species
As of 2014, twelve recognized species are classified in the genus Martella.[2]
- Martella amapa Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
- Martella bicavata (Chickering, 1946) — Panama
- Martella camba (Galiano, 1969) — Argentina
- Martella furva (Chickering, 1946) — Panama
- Martella gandu Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
- Martella goianensis Galiano, 1969 — Brazil
- Martella lineatipes F. O. P-Cambridge, 1900 — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Martella maria Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Brazil
- Martella mutillaeformis (Taczanowski, 1878) — Peru
- Martella pasteuri Galiano, 1996 — Brazil
- Martella pottsi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Guatemala to Brazil
- Martella utingae (Galiano, 1967) — Brazil
References
- ↑ Peckham, George; Peckham, Elizabeth (1892). "Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae" (PDF). Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 2 (1): 1–83.
- ↑ Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Martella at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library
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