Pensacolops

Pensacolops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Pensacolops
Bauab, 1983
Species: P. rubrovittata
Binomial name
Pensacolops rubrovittata
Bauab, 1983

Pensacolops is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), with only one species that occurs in Brazil.

Name

The genus name is derived from the salticid genus Pensacola and the Greek root -ops "to look like". The species name is from Latin rubrus "red" and vittatus "striped".

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