Maeotella

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Maeotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Tribe: Saitini
Genus: Maeotella
Bryant, 1950
Species: M. perplexa
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Maeotella perplexa
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)
Synonyms

Prostheclina perplexa

Maeotella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, M. perplexa, occurs on Jamaica and Hispaniola.


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The genus name is an alteration of the related genus Maeota.

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