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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: Synemosyninae
Tribus: Zunigini
Genus: Zuniga
Species: Z. laeta – Z. magna
Name

Zuniga G. Peckham & Peckham, 1892

Type species: Zuniga laeta (G. Peckham & Peckham, 1892)
Synonyms

Arindas Mello-Leitão, 1933
Simprulloides Mello-Leitão, 1933

References

Platnick, N.I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. Online.

Vernacular names
English: Zuniga

Zuniga is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[4] As of September 2019 it contains two species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: Z. laeta and Z. magna.[1] It is a senior synonym of Arindas[2] and Simprulloides.[3]
References

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Zuniga Peckham & Peckham, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
Galiano, M. E. (1964). "Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes. II. Revisión del género Zuniga Peckham, 1892". Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 20: 69.
Galiano, M. E. (1981). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Segunda parte". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 39: 15.
Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1892). "Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae". Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 2 (1): 1–84.

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