Tusitala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902.[3] The name is Samoan, meaning "writer of stories". It is considered a senior synonym of Blaisea.[2]

Tusitala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tusitala
Peckham & Peckham, 1902[1]
Type species
T. barbata
Peckham & Peckham, 1902
Species

10, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of December 2023 the genus contains ten species, found in Africa and Yemen:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. ^ a b Wesolowska, W.; Tomasiewicz, B. (2003). "Blaisea Simon, 1902 synonymised with Tusitala Peckham et Peckham, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 53: 719.
  3. ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1902). "Some new genera and species of Attidae from South Africa". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 9 (312): 330–335. doi:10.1155/1902/13502.