Tartamura Explained

Tartamura is a genus of South American jumping spiders first described by A. A. Bustamante & Gustavo Rodrigo Sanches Ruiz in 2017.^[1] Tartamura was placed in the tribe Thiodinini, part of the Amycoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae in Maddison's 2015 classification of the family Salticidae.

Species

it contains four species:^[2]

• Tartamura adfectuosa (Galiano, 1977) — Argentina
• Tartamura agatelin Bustamante & Ruiz, 2017 — Ecuador
• Tartamura huao Bustamante & Ruiz, 2017 — Ecuador
• Tartamura metzneri Bustamante & Ruiz, 2017 — Brazil

Notes and References

1. Bustamante. A. A.. Ruiz. G. R. S.. 2017. Systematics of Thiodinini (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species.. Zootaxa. 301–347. 4362. 3. 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.1. 29245433.
2. Web site: Gen. Tartamura Bustamante & Ruiz, 2017. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-02. Natural History Museum Bern.