Plesiopiuka

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Plesiopiuka
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Plesiopiuka
Ruiz, 2010 [1]
Species:
P. simplex
Binomial name
Plesiopiuka simplex
Ruiz, 2010

Plesiopiuka is a monotypic genus of Brazilian jumping spiders containing the single species, Plesiopiuka simplex. It was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz in 2010, [2] and is only found in Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Plesiopiuka Ruiz, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. Ruiz, G. R. S. (2010). "Proposal of Kupiuka and Plesiopiuka, two new genera of jumping spiders from Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae)". Zootaxa. 2630: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2630.1.3.