- Mendoza (spider)
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Mendoza Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Marpissinae Genus: Mendoza
Peckham & Peckham, 1894Type species Marpissa canestrinii
Ninni, 1868Species see text
Diversity 8 species Mendoza is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is probably derived from a Spanish location of the same name.
Species
- Mendoza canestrinii (Ninni, 1868) — North Africa, Palearctic
- Mendoza dersuuzalai (Logunov & Wesolowska, 1992) — Russia
- Mendoza elongata (Karsch, 1879) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Mendoza ibarakiensis (Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987) — Japan
- Mendoza nobilis (Grube, 1861) — Russia, Korea, China
- Mendoza pulchra (Prószyński, 1981) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Mendoza ryukyuensis Baba, 2007 — Japan
- Mendoza zebra (Logunov & Wesolowska, 1992) — Russia
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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