Tarkas is a genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The single described species, Tarkas maculatipes, is found in Mexico and Guatemala.[1]

Tarkas
male Tarkas maculatipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tarkas
Edwards, 2015
Species:
T. maculatipes
Binomial name
Tarkas maculatipes

The genus is named after the character Tars Tarkas from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gen. Tarkas Edwards, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  2. ^ Edwards, G. B. (2015-11-02). "Freyinae, a major new subfamily of Neotropical jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4036 (1): 63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4036.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624463.