Festucula

Festucula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Festucula Simon, 1901[1]
Type species
F. vermiformis Simon, 1901
Species
8, see text

Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2]

Species

As of December 2023^[update] it contains ten species, found only in Africa and Israel:[1]

• Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
• Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 – Botswana
• Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
• Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
• Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal to Nigeria
• Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
• Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel

References

1. "Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
2. Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 45: 141–161.