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Genus: Tentacula Michelotto & Santos, 2026 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Tentacula nordestina Michelotto & Santos, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066983

ZooBank: 9A617CDE-9396-4FDF-B047-7A8D1BEFDA08

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066983

Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil m (13548) - (Michelotto & Santos, 2026)
Paratype: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1m 1f (13524, 13550) - (Michelotto & Santos, 2026)
Paratype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil 1m (272440) - (Michelotto & Santos, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Tentacula nordestina Michelotto & Santos, 2026: 173, f. 1A-F, 2A-E, 3A-D, 4A-E, 5A-B, 6A-D, 7A-D (Dmf) Original description

References

Michelotto, A. S. & Santos, A. J. (2026). Tentacula, a baroque new genus of jumping spiders from the Brazilian Caatinga (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina). Zootaxa 5799(1): 171-182. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5799.1.9 ZooBank: 2ACC47AC-283D-4C73-BF89-214CD00230D2 -- 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
2026-04-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Michelotto & Santos, 2026
2026-04-24	New species inserted	Michelotto & Santos, 2026