| Rudra | |
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| Male Rudra sp. in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| R. geniculata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 | |
| Species | |
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10, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rudra is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name refers to Rudra, a Rigvedic god.[2]
Species
As of July 2023 it contains ten species, found in Central America, Brazil, Guyana, Argentina, and French Guiana:[1]
- Rudra avitoides (Bauab-Vianna & Soares, 1980) – Brazil
- Rudra brescoviti Braul & Lise, 1999 – Brazil
- Rudra geniculata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (type) – Guatemala, Panama
- Rudra humilis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina, Brazil
- Rudra minensis Galiano, 1984 – Brazil
- Rudra multispina Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
- Rudra oriximina Galiano, 1984 – Brazil
- Rudra polita Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Guatemala
- Rudra tenera Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil
- Rudra wagae (Taczanowski, 1871) – French Guiana
References
- 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ↑ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatemala". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1885: 62–86.
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