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Genus: Tenkana Marathe, Maddison & Caleb, 2024 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Tenkana jayamangali Caleb & Marathe, 2024

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062497

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Distribution: India

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Holotype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India m (I/SP-48) - (Marathe et al., 2024b)
Paratype: Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai (SRC-ZSI/ZSIC), India 1f (I/SP-49) - (Marathe et al., 2024b)
Paratype: National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 1m 2f (IBC-BX 511-513) - (Marathe et al., 2024b)

Taxonomic References

Tenkana jayamangali Caleb & Marathe, in Marathe et al., 2024b: 100, f. 4-24 (Dmf) Original description

References

Marathe, K., Caleb, J. T. D., Maddison, W. P., Nisha, B. G., Maliye, C. C., Lohit, Y. T. & Kunte, K. (2024b). Tenkana, a new genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, with the new Indian species Tenkana jayamangali. ZooKeys 1215: 91-106. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.133522 -- Show included taxa

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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
2024-10-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Marathe et al., 2024b
2024-10-11	New species inserted	Marathe et al., 2024b