Mendoza (spider) explained

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

Species

it contains nine species, found only in Africa, Asia, and Europe:^[2]

• Mendoza canestrinii (Ninni, 1868) (type) – Southern Europe, North Africa to Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam
• Mendoza dersuuzalai (Logunov & Wesolowska, 1992) – Russia
• Mendoza elongata (Karsch, 1879) – Russia, China, Korea, Japan
• Mendoza ibarakiensis (Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987) – Japan
• Mendoza nobilis (Grube, 1861) – Russia, Korea, China
• Mendoza pulchra (Prószyński, 1981) – Russia, China, Korea, Japan
• Mendoza ryukyuensis Baba, 2007 – Japan
• Mendoza suguroi Baba, 2013 – Japan
• Mendoza zebra (Logunov & Wesolowska, 1992) – Russia

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. Mendoza Peckham & Peckham, 1894. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-19. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.