Talavera (spider)

This article is about a genus of spiders. For other uses, see Talavera.

Talavera
T. aequipes, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Talavera Peckham & Peckham, 1909[1]
Type species
T. minuta (Banks, 1895)
Species
16, see text

Talavera is a genus of very small jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1909.[2] They average about 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length, and are very similar to each other. In particular, the Central European species are difficult to distinguish, even when their genital features are studied under a microscope.[3] The name refers to Talavera, a region of Spain where many have been found.

Species

As of August 2019^[update] it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in Europe, Asia, the United States, and Canada:[1]

• Talavera aequipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Japan
  • Talavera a. ludio (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica)
• Talavera aperta (Miller, 1971) – Europe to Central Asia
• Talavera esyunini Logunov, 1992 – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
• Talavera ikedai Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Korea, Japan
• Talavera inopinata Wunderlich, 1993 – France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria
• Talavera krocha Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – France to Central Asia
• Talavera logunovi Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015 – Ukraine
• Talavera milleri (Brignoli, 1983) – Portugal, Germany, Austria, Czech Rep., Slovakia
• Talavera minuta (Banks, 1895) (type) – Canada, USA, Russia (East Siberia, Far East)
• Talavera monticola (Kulczyński, 1884) – Central, Southern Europe
• Talavera parvistyla Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Northern, Central Europe
• Talavera petrensis (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Europe to Central Asia
• Talavera sharlaa Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Russia (South Siberia)
• Talavera thorelli (Kulczyński, 1891) – Europe to Central Asia, Mongolia
• Talavera trivittata (Schenkel, 1963) – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia, China
• Talavera tuvensis Logunov & Kronestedt, 2003 – Russia (South Siberia)

References

1. "Gen. Talavera Peckham & Peckham, 1909". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
2. Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1909). "Revision of the Attidae of North America". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 16 (1): 355–655.
3. Bellmann, Heiko (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos. ISBN 3-440-10746-9.

Further reading

• Logunov, D.V.; Kronestedt, T. (2003). "A review of the genus Talavera Peckham and Peckham, 1909 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Natural History. 37 (9): 1091–1154. Bibcode:2003JNatH..37.1091L. doi:10.1080/00222930110098391. S2CID 85018086.

External links

• Photograph of T. petrensis