Mopiopia Explained

Mopiopia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[1]

Species

it contains eight species, found only in Brazil and on the Greater Antilles:^[2]

• Mopiopia albibarbis (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
• Mopiopia bruneti (Simon, 1903) – Brazil
• Mopiopia comatula Simon, 1902 (type) – Brazil
• Mopiopia gounellei (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
• Mopiopia labyrinthea (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
• Mopiopia maculata (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba
• Mopiopia mutica (Simon, 1903) – Brazil
• Mopiopia tristis (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1902. Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 363–406. 46. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Mopiopia Simon, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-08-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 2019-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190806145058/https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2799. live.