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 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]

Pseudofluda
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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
Species

The male of this species is 2.5 millimetres (110 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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Pseudofluda Mello-Leitão, 1928". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. ^ a b c Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1928). "Novas notas arachnologicas. VI-IX". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 4 (3): 49–54.