Zulunigma is a monotypic genus of South African jumping spiders containing the single species, Zulunigma incognita. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska & M. S. Cumming in 2011,[2] and is found in South Africa.[1] It was originally called Aenigma,[3] but this name was given to at least three other animal genera, and it was replaced by Zulunigma in 2011.[2]
Zulunigma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Zulunigma Wesolowska & Cumming, 2011[1] |
Species: | Z. incognita
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Binomial name | |
Zulunigma incognita (Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Zulunigma Wesolowska & Cumming, 2011". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^ a b Wesolowska, W.; Cumming, M. S. (2011). "New species and records of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sengwa Wildlife Research Area in Zimbabwe". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 7: 75–104.
- ^ Wesolowska, W.; Haddad, C. R. (2009). "Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa". African Invertebrates. 50 (1): 20. Bibcode:2009AfrIn..50...13W. doi:10.5733/afin.050.0102.