Tapsatella

Tapsatella is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Tapsatella albocastanea. It was first described by Gonzalo Rubio and Cristian Stolar in 2020,[2] and is only known from Chaco Province, Argentina.[1] The genus may be related to some species of Wedoquella and Phiale. It was placed in the tribe Aelurillini,[2] part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.[3]

Tapsatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tapsatella
Rubio & Stolar, 2020[1]
Species:
T. albocastanea
Binomial name
Tapsatella albocastanea
Rubio, Stolar & Nadal, 2020

References

  1. "Gen. Tapsatella Rubio & Stolar, 2020". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  2. Rubio, Gonzalo D.; Stolar, Cristian E.; Nadal, María F.; Baigorria, Julián E. (24 March 2020). "The jumping spider Tapsatella albocastanea, a new genus and species from Argentina (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina)" (PDF). Peckhamia. 203.1: 1–9. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  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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