Vatovia is a monotypic genus of Ethiopian jumping spiders containing the single species, Vatovia albosignata. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1940,[2] and is found in Ethiopia.[1] Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.[3]

Vatovia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Vatovia
Caporiacco, 1940[1]
Species:
V. albosignata
Binomial name
Vatovia albosignata

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Vatovia Caporiacco, 1940". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. ^ Caporiacco, L. di (1940). "Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla". Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia. 11: 767–873.
  3. ^ Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 43 (3): 231–292. doi:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292. S2CID 85680279.