Viroqua ultima

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Viroqua ultima is a species of spider in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It is the only described species of the genus Viroqua. It is only found in Australia. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1881, in the genus Jotus, and was transferred to the new genus Viroqua by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1901.[1]

Viroqua ultima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Viroqua
Peckham & Peckham, 1901[1]
Species:
V. ultima
Binomial name
Viroqua ultima
(L. Koch, 1881)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Jotus ultimus L. Koch, 1881

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Viroqua Peckham & Peckham, 1901", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25