Tusitala | |
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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: |
Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902 [1] |
Type species | |
T. barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902
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Species | |
10, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Tusitala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. [3] The name is Samoan, meaning "writer of stories". It is considered a senior synonym of Blaisea. [2]
As of December 2023 [update] the genus contains ten species, found in Africa and Yemen: [1]