Gavarilla

Gavarilla is a genus of Brazilian jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2006.[2] Females are 3.5 to 5 mm (0.14 to 0.20 in) long, with males 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in).

Gavarilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Tribe: Sitticini
Genus: Gavarilla
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006[1]
Type species
G. ianuzziae
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006
Species
  • G. arretada Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil
  • G. ianuzziae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil

Species

As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Brazil:[1]

  • Gavarilla arretada Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil (Maranhão)
  • Gavarilla ianuzziae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil (Sergipe)

References
  1. "Gen. Gavarilla Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  2. Ruiz, G. R. S.; Brescovit, A. D. (2006). "Gavarilla, a new genus of jumping spider from Brazil, and description of two new species of the genera Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit and Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticinae)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 23: 350–356.


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