Maeota

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Maeota
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Female Maeota sp. in Puyo, Ecuador
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Maeota
Simon, 1901
Type species
Maeota dichrura
Simon, 1901
Species

See text.

Maeota is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.

Species

As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus: [1]

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References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Maeota Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 June 2017.