Letoia is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Venezuela. It contains only one species, Letoia ephippiata.[1]
Letoia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Letoia |
Species: | L. ephippiata
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Binomial name | |
Letoia ephippiata |
Name
editThe species name is derived from Ancient Greek ephippi- "saddle".
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Letoia Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
External links
edit- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings