Planamarengo

Planamarengo
P. bimaculata
P. bimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Planamarengo
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1]
Type species
Copocrossa bimaculata
Species
  • Planamarengo bimaculata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)
  • Planamarengo gatamaiyu Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
  • Planamarengo kenyaensis Azarkina & Haddad, 2020

Planamarengo is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by Galina N. Azarkina and Charles R. Haddad in 2020.[2] The type species, Planamarengo bimaculata, was originally described under the name "Copocrossa bimaculata",[3] but was moved to a new genus in 2020 when two similar species were discovered in Kenya.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:[1]

  • Planamarengo bimaculata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa (type species)
  • Planamarengo gatamaiyu Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – Kenya
  • Planamarengo kenyaensis Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – Uganda, Kenya

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Planamarengo Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  2. ^ a b Azarkina, G. N.; Haddad, C. R. (2020). "Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 15–92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4. PMID 33756826. S2CID 232337871.
  3. ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278, pl.

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