Breda (spider) explained

Breda is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.^[1]

Species

it contains thirteen species, found in South America, Panama, Mexico, and on Trinidad:^[2]

• Breda akypueruna Ruiz & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
• Breda apicalis Simon, 1901 – Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Breda bicruciata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Breda bistriata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil, Argentina
• Breda lubomirskii (Taczanowski, 1878) – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
• Breda milvina (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type) – Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, Brazil, Bolivia
• Breda modesta (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay, Argentina
• Breda nanica Ruiz & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
• Breda notata Chickering, 1946 – Panama
• Breda oserictops (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
• Breda paraensis Ruiz & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
• Breda tristis Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Breda variolosa Simon, 1901 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Peckham. G. W.. Peckham. E. G.. 1894. Spiders of the Marptusa group. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 85–156. 2. George and Elizabeth Peckham. George and Elizabeth Peckham.
2. Gen. Breda Peckham & Peckham, 1894. 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.