Rudra | |
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Male Rudra sp. in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885 [1] |
Type species | |
R. geniculata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 | |
Species | |
10, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Rudra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name refers to Rudra, a Rigvedic god. [2]
As of July 2023 [update] it contains ten species, found in Central America, Brazil, Guyana, Argentina, and French Guiana: [1]
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