Martella is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[1][2] Species of this genus are found in South America and Central America.[1]

Martella
Adult male Martella lineatipes from Belize
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Martella
Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1]
Type species
M. pottsi
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

12, see text

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains twelve species, found in Central America, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Martella Peckham & Peckham, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  2. ^ 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.