Pochyta insulana is an endemic jumping spider species of the family Salticidae that lives on the island of Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe. It was first named and described in 1910 by Eugène Simon.[1]
| Pochyta insulana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pochyta |
| Species: | P. insulana
|
| Binomial name | |
| Pochyta insulana Simon, 1910
| |
Its male holotype measures 5 mm and its female holotype measures from 5.5 to 6 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ World Spider Catalog (2018). "Pochyta insulana". Natural History Museum Bern.
- ^ Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 44: 436–7.