Marengo (spider)

Marengo (spider)
Marengo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Ballinae
Genus: Marengo
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Type species
Marengo crassipes
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

see text
Diversity
6 species

Marengo is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Most of the six described species are endemic to Sri Lanka, with one species occurring in Thailand.

Name

The genus name is derived from Marengo, a village in Italy, and the name of Napoleon's horse. (See also Afromarengo and Indomarengo)

Species

  • Marengo crassipes Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Sri Lanka
  • Marengo deelemanae Benjamin, 2004 — Thailand
  • Marengo inornata (Simon, 1900) — Sri Lanka
  • Marengo nitida Simon, 1900 — Sri Lanka
  • Marengo rattotensis Benjamin, 2006 — Sri Lanka
  • Marengo striatipes Simon, 1900 — Sri Lanka

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