Pellenes cingulatus

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Pellenes cingulatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pellenes
Species:
P. cingulatus
Binomial name
Pellenes cingulatus
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000

Pellenes cingulatus is a jumping spider species in the genus Pellenes that lives in Tanzania. It was first described in 2000. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Wesołowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13 (1): 11–127. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Pellenes cingulatus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 3 April 2017.