Itata Explained

Itata is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae.

Name

The genus name is derived from the Itata River in southern Chile.

Species

• Itata completa (Banks, 1929) – Panama
• Itata isabellina (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
• Itata partita Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
• Itata tipuloides Simon, 1901 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
• Itata vadia Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Colombia

References

• (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Awesome Spiders: Photograph of live Itata species from Barro Colorado Island and Itata completa
• Salticidae.org: Photographs of in vitro Itata species from Brazil