Uluella

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Uluella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Uluella
Chickering, 1946[1]
Species:
U. formosa
Binomial name
Uluella formosa
Chickering, 1946

Uluella is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Uluella formosa. It was first described by Arthur M. Chickering in 1946,[2] and is found in Panama and Ecuador.[1][3] The spider is an iridescent ant mimic about 4 mm in length.[3] It lives in association with bambusoid grasses of the tropical rainforests from which it constructs retreats made from rolled leaves.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Uluella Chickering, 1946. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3036. Retrieved 2019-09-29. 
  2. Chickering, A. M. (1946). "The Salticidae of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 97: 1–474. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Reiskind, J. (1986). "Uluella formosa, a Salticid Architect in the Neotropics". Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983: 229–231. 

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