Festucula

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Heliophaninae
Genus: Festucula
Species: F. australis – F. festuculaeformis – F. haddadi – F. lawrencei – F. leroyae – F. lineata – F. robustus – F. vermiformis
Name

Festucula Simon, 1901

Type species: Festucula vermiformis Eugène Simon, 1901 by original designation.
References
Primary references

Simon, E.L. 1901a. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 141-161 Reference page.

Additional references

Azarkina, G.N. & Foord, S.F. 2014. A revision of the Afrotropical species of Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae). African Invertebrates 55(2): 351-375 full article (PDF). Reference page.

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

As of June 2019 it contains eight species, found only in Africa and Israel:[1]

Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
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 robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel

References

"Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
Simon, E. (1901). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 45: 141–161.