Viroqua (spider)

Viroqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hasariinae
Genus: Viroqua
Peckham & Peckham, 1901
Species: V. ultima
Binomial name
Viroqua ultima
(L. Koch, 1881)
Diversity
1 species
Synonyms

Jotus ultimus

Viroqua is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, V. ultima, is only found in Australia. It is likely that the Peckham's derived the name from Viroqua, Wisconsin, as they named genera after unrelated locations on several other occasions.

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