Schenkelia | |
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S. modesta | |
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S. modesta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Schenkelia Lessert, 1927 [1] |
Type species | |
S. modesta Lessert, 1927 | |
Species | |
5, see text |
Schenkelia is a genus of African jumping spiders, first described by Roger de Lessert in 1927. [2]
The genus is named after Swiss arachnologist Ehrenfried Schenkel-Haas.
As of October 2025 [update] , this genus includes four species: [1]