Festucula Explained

Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[1]

Species

it contains ten species, found only in Africa and Israel:^[2]

• Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
• Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 – Botswana
• Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
• Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
• Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal to Nigeria
• Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
• Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1901. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 141–161. 45. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2023-12-05. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.