Empanda (genus)

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Empanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Tribe: Dendryphantini
Genus: Empanda
Simon, 1903
Species: Empanda ornata
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Empanda ornata
(Peckham & Peckham, 1885)
Synonyms

Bavia ornata
Epinga ornata

Empanda is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its only described species Empanda ornata is only found in Guatemala.

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from the Roman goddess Empanda. The species name is Latin for "adorned".

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