Pseudofluda

Taxobox
name = "Pseudofluda"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Synemosyninae
tribus = Sobasini
genus = "Pseudofluda"
genus_authority = Mello-Leitão
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Pseudofluda
diversity = 1 species
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species = "P. pulcherrima"
binomial = "Pseudofluda pulcherrima"
binomial_authority = Mello-Leitão, 1928

"Pseudofluda" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, "Pseudofluda pulcherrima", is found in Brazil.

The male of this species is 2.5 mm long. The cephalothorax is chestnut-colored to black, with a chestnut colored spot on the posterior region. A white line goes along the length of the cephalothorax. The back of the abdomen is tawny with violet and green metallic scales. The species was first found in Petropolis, Brazil. [Mello-Leitão 1928]

Name

The genus name is combined of Greek "pseudo" "false" and the salticid genus name "Fluda" (see also "Parafluda"). The species name is derived from Latin "pulcher" "beautiful".

References

* (1928): Novas notas arachnologicas. VI-IX. "Bol. Mus. nac. Rio-de-Jan" 4(3): 49-54. (in Portuguese)
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".