''Itata'' is a
genus
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of
spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...
s in the jumping spider family,
Salticidae
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 spi ...
.
Name
The genus name is derived from the
Itata River
The Itata River flows in the Ñuble Region, southern Chile.
Until the Conquest of Chile, the Itata was the natural limit between the Mapuche
The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile a ...
in southern Chile.
Species
* ''
Itata completa''
(Banks
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Because ...
, 1929) –
Panama
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* ''
Itata isabellina''
( Taczanowski, 1878) –
Peru
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* ''
Itata partita''
Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
* ''
Itata tipuloides''
Simon, 1901 – Peru,
Bolivia
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,
Brazil
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* ''
Itata vadia''
Peckham & Peckham, 1894 –
Colombia
References
* (2009)
The world spider catalog version 9.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.
External links
* Awesome Spiders
an
* Salticidae.org
Salticidae
Spiders of South America
Salticidae genera
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