Aruana

Aruana is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1911.[3] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Papua New Guinea and on the Aru Islands: A. silvicola and A. vanstraeleni.[1]

For the Brazilian municipality, see Aruanã.

Aruana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Aruana
Strand, 1911[1]
Type species
A. silvicola
Strand, 1911
Species
  • A. silvicola Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • A. vanstraeleni (Roewer, 1938) – New Guinea
Synonyms[1]

References
  1. "Gen. Aruana Strand, 1911". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Wanless, F. R. (1988). "A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 15: 166.
  3. Strand, E. (1911). "Araneae von den Aru- und Kei-Inseln". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 34: 127–199.


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