Zuniga (spider)
| Zuniga | |
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| Female Zuniga sp. in Ecuador | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Zuniga Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| Z. laeta (Peckham & Peckham, 1892)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zuniga is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[4] It is a senior synonym of Arindas[2] and Simprulloides.[3]
As of 2026, the genus contains two accepted species:[1]
- Zuniga laeta (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) - Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
- Zuniga magna Peckham & Peckham, 1892 - Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Zuniga G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1964). "Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes. II. Revisión del género Zuniga Peckham, 1892". Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 20: 69.
- ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1981). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Segunda parte". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 39: 15.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Photo of Zuniga from Costa Rica by Lisa Taylor, Arizona State University
