Modunda

Genus of spiders

Modunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Modunda
Simon, 1901[1]
Type species
M. staintoni
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Species
  • M. aeneiceps Simon, 1901 – Sri Lanka, China
  • M. orientalis Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan
  • M. staintoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – South Africa to India

Modunda is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2] As of July 2019[update] it contains only three species, found only in Asia and South Africa: M. aeneiceps, M. orientalis, and M. staintoni.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Modunda Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 45: 141–161.
  • Photograph of M. staintoni
Taxon identifiers
Modunda


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