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Genus of spiders
Festucula is a
genus of
jumping spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.
[2]
Species
As of December 2023
[update] it contains ten species, found only in Africa and
Israel :
[1]
Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 –
Congo ,
Angola ,
Namibia
Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 –
Botswana
Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 –
South Africa
Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 –
Botswana , South Africa
Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 –
Senegal to
Nigeria
Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 –
Guinea , Nigeria,
Ivory Coast
Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (
type ) –
Egypt ,
Sudan ,
Israel
References
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a
b
"Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901" . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . Natural History Museum Bern.
doi :
10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2023-12-05 .
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Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique . 45 : 141–161.