Rudra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name refers to Rudra, a Rigvedic god.[2]

Rudra
Male Rudra sp. in Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Rudra
Peckham & Peckham, 1885[1]
Type species
R. geniculata
Peckham & Peckham, 1885
Species

10, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anokopsis Bauab-Vianna & Soares, 1980

Species

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As of July 2023 it contains ten species, found in Central America, Brazil, Guyana, Argentina, and French Guiana:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatemala". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1885: 62–86.
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