Pseudomaevia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Pseudomaevia Rainbow, 1920 [1] |
Type species | |
P. cognata
Rainbow, 1920
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Species | |
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Pseudomaevia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1920. [2] As of August 2019 [update] it contains only two species and one subspecies, found only in Australia, on the Polynesian Islands, and Tahiti: P. cognata, P. insulana, and P. i. aorai. [1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek " pseudo-" (ψευδής), meaning "false", and the salticid genus Maevia. [2]