''Beata'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiderscomprising 13% of spider species. Jumping s ...
that was first described by
George Peckham
George "Porky" Peckham (born 1942) is an English record engineer, widely recognised as among the most accomplished in the business. He has been responsible for producing the master discs from which many vinyl records have been pressed over the ...
&
Elizabeth Peckham in 1895.
Species
it contains twenty-one species, found in Central America, North America, the Caribbean,
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
,
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
,
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
,
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
, and
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
:
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Beata aenea''
( Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil, Argentina
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Beata blauveltae''
Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
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Beata cephalica''
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Panama
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Beata cinereonitida''
Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1902 – Brazil
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Beata fausta''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
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Beata germaini''
Simon, 1902 – Brazil, Paraguay
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Beata hispida''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Mexico
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Beata inconcinna''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Trinidad
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Beata jubata''
( C. L. Koch, 1846) – St. Thomas
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Beata longipes''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
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Beata lucida''
( Galiano, 1992) – Argentina
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Beata maccuni''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Panama to Brazil
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Beata magna''
Peckham & Peckham, 1895 (
type
Type may refer to:
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* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
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* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* ...
) – Guatemala to Colombia
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Beata munda''
Chickering, 1946 – Panama
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Beata octopunctata''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – St. Vincent
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Beata pernix''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
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Beata rustica''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Guatemala to Brazil
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Beata striata''
Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama
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Beata venusta''
Chickering, 1946 – Panama
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Beata wickhami''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – USA, Bahama Is., Cuba
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Beata zeteki''
Chickering, 1946 – Panama
References
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
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