- Maeotella
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Maeotella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Euophryinae Genus: Maeotella
Bryant, 1950Species: M. perplexa Binomial name Maeotella perplexa
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)Diversity 1 species Synonyms Prostheclina perplexa
Maeotella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, M. perplexa, occurs on Jamaica and Hispaniola.
Name
The genus name is an alteration of the related genus Maeota.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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