Tusitala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902.[3] The name is Samoan, meaning "writer of stories". It is considered a senior synonym of Blaisea.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species edit
As of December 2023[update] the genus contains ten species, found in Africa and Yemen:[1]
- Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015 – Botswana
- Tusitala bandama Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
- Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 (type) – West, East, Southern Africa
- Tusitala cornuta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
- Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
- Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – Southern, East Africa
- Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927 – Congo
- Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) – Africa
- Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Tusitala unica Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Tusitala yemenica Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ^ a b Wesolowska, W.; Tomasiewicz, B. (2003). "Blaisea Simon, 1902 synonymised with Tusitala Peckham et Peckham, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 53: 719.
- ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1902). "Some new genera and species of Attidae from South Africa". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 9 (312): 330–335. doi:10.1155/1902/13502.
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