Rudra (genus)

Rudra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Rudra
Peckham & Peckham, 1885
Type species
Rudra geniculata
Peckham & Peckham, 1885
Species

see text

Diversity
10 species

Rudra is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

The genus name probably refers to Rudra, a Rigvedic god.

Species

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