''Mendoza zebra'' is a

jumping spider 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 ...

species that lives in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

. The male was first described in 1992. The species was originally allocated to the genus ''

Marpissa ''Marpissa'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. The name is derived from Marpissa, an ancient Greek village. Species it contains fifty-one species, found in South America, Asia, Europe, the Unit ...

'', but was transferred to '' Mendoza'' in 1999.

References

Salticidae Spiders of Russia Spiders described in 1992 Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska {{salticidae-stub