Goleta (spider)

Goleta is a genus of Malagasy jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only on Madagascar: G. peckhami and G. workmani.[1]

This article is about a genus of spiders. For the city in California, see Goleta, California.

Goleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Goleta
Peckham & Peckham, 1894[1]
Type species
G. workmani
(Peckham & Peckham, 1885)
Species
  • G. peckhami Simon, 1900 – Madagascar
  • G. workmani (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Madagascar

References
  1. "Gen. Goleta Peckham & Peckham, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  2. Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1894). "Spiders of the Marptusa group". Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 2: 85–156.


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