Kupiuka

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: Kupiuka
Species: K. adisi – K. extratheca – K. heteropicta – K. murici – K. overalli – K. paulista – K. taruman – K. vochysiae
Name

Kupiuka Ruiz, 2010
Original status: valid genus
Gender: feminine? ['Etymology. The name is an arbitrary combination of letters' - Ruiz (2010: 58)]
Type species: Kupiuka extratheca Ruiz, 2010
Fixation: original designation

References

Ruiz, G.R.S. 2010: Proposal of Kupiuka and Plesiopiuka, two new genera of jumping spiders from Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Zootaxa, 2630: 57–68. Preview

Kupiuka is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2010 by Ruiz. As of 2017, it contains 8 species, all of which live in Brazil.[1]
Species

Kupiuka comprises the following species:[1]

Kupiuka adisi Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka extratheca Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka heteropicta Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka murici Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka overalli Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka paulista Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka taruman Ruiz, 2010
Kupiuka vochysiae Ruiz, 2010

References

"Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.