Talavera (spider)

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{About|a genus of spiders|other uses|Talavera (disambiguation){{!}}Talavera}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Talavera

| image = Talavera_aequipes.jpg

| image_caption = T. aequipes, male

| authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1909

| type_species = T. minuta

| type_species_authority = (Banks, 1895)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 16, see text

}}

Talavera is a genus of very small jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1909.{{cite journal| last1=Peckham| first1=G. W.| last2=Peckham| first2=E. G.| year=1909| title=Revision of the Attidae of North America| journal=Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters| pages=355–655| volume=16| issue=1| author-link=George and Elizabeth Peckham| author-link2=George and Elizabeth Peckham}} They average about {{convert|2|mm}} in length, and are very similar to each other. In particular, the Central European species are difficult to distinguish, even when their genital features are studied under a microscope.{{cite book| last=Bellmann| first=Heiko| year=1997| title=Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas| publisher=Kosmos| isbn=3-440-10746-9}} The name refers to Talavera, a region of Spain where many have been found.

Species

{{as of|2019|08}} it contains sixteen species and one subspecies, found in Europe, Asia, the United States, and Canada:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Talavera Peckham & Peckham, 1909| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-26| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2992| doi=10.24436/2}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal| author-link=Dmitri Logunov| last1=Logunov| first1=D.V.| last2=Kronestedt| first2=T.| year=2003| title=A review of the genus Talavera Peckham and Peckham, 1909 (Araneae, Salticidae)| journal=Journal of Natural History| volume=37| issue=9| pages=1091–1154| doi=10.1080/00222930110098391| bibcode=2003JNatH..37.1091L| s2cid=85018086}}