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Genus: Festucula Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059519

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Described:

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Distribution: Botswana

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026)

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Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa f (83/496) - (Azarkina & Foord, 2023)

Taxonomic References

Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 297, f. 1-7 (Df) Original description

References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2023). Further notes on the Afrotropical genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 1185: 285-308. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.110365 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-12-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Azarkina & Foord, 2023
2023-12-04	New species inserted	Azarkina & Foord, 2023