Beata (spider)
TaxonBeata
AuthorityPeckham & Peckham, 1895[1]
Type speciesB. magna
Type species authorityPeckham & Peckham, 1895
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision21, see text
Synonyms

Beata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1895.[3]

Species

As of June 2019 it contains twenty-one species, found in Central America, North America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina, Guyana, and Brazil:[1]

References

  1. ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Beata Peckham & Peckham, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Maddison, W. P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 154: 237.
  3. ^ Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1895). "Spiders of the Homalattus group of the family Attidae". Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 2: 159–183.