''Cucudeta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
Papuan jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping ...
that was first described by
Wayne Paul Maddison in 2009.
it contains only three species, found only in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
: ''
C. gahavisuka'', ''
C. uzet'', and ''
C. zabkai''.
References
External links
* Videos of walking
Cucudeta uzet'
Arthropods of New Guinea
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Asia
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