Vatovia

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

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| taxon = Vatovia albosignata

| authority = Caporiacco, 1940

| parent_authority = Caporiacco, 1940

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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,{{cite journal| last=Caporiacco| first=L. di| year=1940| title=Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla| journal=Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia| pages=767–873| volume=11| author-link=Lodovico_di_Caporiacco}} and is found in Ethiopia.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Vatovia Caporiacco, 1940| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-09-29| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3043| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}} Its taxonomic relationships within the family Salticidae are uncertain.

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{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Maddison |first1=Wayne P. |title=A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) |journal=Journal of Arachnology |date=2015 |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=231–292 |doi=10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292|s2cid=85680279 }}

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Category:Endemic fauna of Ethiopia

Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera

Category:Salticidae

Category:Spiders of Africa

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