Itata
| Itata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Marpissiniae |
| Genus: | Itata Peckham & Peckham, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Itata vadia Peckham & Peckham, 1894 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
Itata is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is derived from the Itata River in Southern Chile.
Species
- Itata completa (Banks, 1929) — Panama
- Itata isabellina (Taczanowski, 1878) — Peru
- Itata partita Mello-Leitão, 1930 — Brazil
- Itata tipuloides Simon, 1901 — Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Itata vadia Peckham & Peckham, 1894 — Colombia
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Awesome Spiders: Photograph of live Itata species from Barro Colorado Island and Itata completa
- Salticidae.org: Photographs of in vitro Itata species from Brazil