Bellota Explained
Bellota is also a synonym of the plant genus Beilschmiedia.Bellota is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[1] It is similar in appearance to the genus Chirothecia, but has a narrower cephalothorax and a shorter eye area.[2]
Species
it contains nine species, found in South America, Panama, the United States, and Pakistan:[3]
- Bellota fascialis Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
- Bellota formicina (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
- Bellota livida Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
- Bellota micans Peckham & Peckham, 1909 – USA
- Bellota modesta (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
- Bellota peckhami Galiano, 1978 (type) – Venezuela
- Bellota violacea Galiano, 1972 – Brazil
- Bellota wheeleri Peckham & Peckham, 1909 – USA
- Bellota yacui Galiano, 1972 – Argentina
Notes and References
- Peckham. G. W.. Peckham. E. G.. 1892. Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1–84. 2. 1. George and Elizabeth Peckham. George and Elizabeth Peckham.
- Galiano . María Elena . Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes. XIII. Revisión del género Bellota Peckham, 1892 . Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales . 1972 . 31 . 83 . 463–484 . Buenos Aires . es.
- Gen. Bellota Peckham & Peckham, 1892. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.