Rudra

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: Dendryphantinae
Tribus: Rudrini
Genus: Rudra
Species: R. brescoviti – R. dagostinae – R. geniculata – R. humilis – R. minensis – R. multispina – R. oriximina – R. polita – R. tenera – R. wagae
Name

Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885

Type species: Rudra geniculata Peckham & Peckham, 1885, by monotypy
References

Peckham, G. W. & E. G Peckham. 1885. On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatamala. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 1885: 62–86. [76]
Galiano, M. E. 1984. Revision del genero Rudra Peckham y Peckham, 1885 (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis B. Aires (C) 42: 63–72.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Rudra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name refers to Rudra, a Rigvedic god.[2]
Species

As of July 2023 it contains ten species, found in Central America, Brazil, Guyana, Argentina, and French Guiana:[1]

Rudra avitoides (Bauab-Vianna & Soares, 1980) – Brazil
Rudra brescoviti Braul & Lise, 1999 – Brazil
Rudra geniculata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (type) – Guatemala, Panama
Rudra humilis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina, Brazil
Rudra minensis Galiano, 1984 – Brazil
Rudra multispina Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
Rudra oriximina Galiano, 1984 – Brazil
Rudra polita Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Guatemala
Rudra tenera Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil
Rudra wagae (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana

References

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatemala". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1885: 62–86.