Uluella

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Uluella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Uluella
Chickering, 1946 [1]
Species:
U. formosa
Binomial name
Uluella formosa
Chickering, 1946

Uluella is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Uluella formosa. It was first described by Arthur M. Chickering in 1946, [2] and is found in Panama and Ecuador. [1] [3] The spider is an iridescent ant mimic about 4 mm in length. [3] It lives in association with bambusoid grasses of the tropical rainforests from which it constructs retreats made from rolled leaves. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Uluella Chickering, 1946". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. Chickering, A. M. (1946). "The Salticidae of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 97: 1–474.
  3. 1 2 3 Reiskind, J. (1986). "Uluella formosa, a Salticid Architect in the Neotropics". Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983: 229–231.