Pseudofluda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Pseudofluda Mello-Leitão, 1928 [1] |
Type species | |
P. pulcherrima Mello-Leitão, 1928
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Species | |
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Pseudofluda is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1928. [2] As of August 2019 [update] it contains only three species, found only in Brazil and Argentina: P. capandegui, P. pergeri, and P. pulcherrima. [1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek " pseudo-" (ψευδής), meaning "false", and the salticid genus name Fluda. [2]
The male of this species is 2.5 millimetres (1⁄10 in) long. The cephalothorax is chestnut-colored to black, with a chestnut colored spot on the posterior region. A white line goes along the length of the cephalothorax. The back of the abdomen is tawny with violet and green metallic scales. The species was first found in Petropolis, Brazil. [2]