Festucula
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Festucula
| authority = Simon, 1901
| type_species = F. vermiformis
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1901
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 8, see text
}}
Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1901| title=Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite)| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=141–161| volume=45| author-link=Eugène Simon}}
Species
{{as of|2023|12}} it contains ten species, found only in Africa and Israel:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Festucula Simon, 1901| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2023-12-05| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2647| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
- Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 – Botswana
- Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
- Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
- Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
- Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
- Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal to Nigeria
- Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
- Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
- Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel
References
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