# Tacuna

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***Tacuna*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of South American [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [George and Elizabeth Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham) in 1901.[2]

## Species

As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only in [Argentina](/source/Argentina) and [Brazil](/source/Brazil):[1]

- *[Tacuna delecta](/source/Tacuna_delecta)* Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Argentina](/source/Argentina)
- *[Tacuna minensis](/source/Tacuna_minensis)* [Galiano](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Galiano), 1995 – Brazil
- *[Tacuna saltensis](/source/Tacuna_saltensis)* Galiano, 1995 – Argentina
- *[Tacuna vaga](/source/Tacuna_vaga)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Brazil

## References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). ["Gen. Tacuna Peckham & Peckham, 1901"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2990). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-09-26.

1. Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1901). "Pellenes' and some other genera of the family Attidae". *Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society*. **1**: 195–233.

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