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Tusitala
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySalticidae
Observations recorded328
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- Family
- Salticidae
- Collections
- ARC-PPRI, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, CôTe D'Ivoire, Southern Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Salticidae
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Tusitala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. The name is Samoan, meaning "writer of stories". It is considered a senior synonym of Blaisea.
==Distribution== All but one described species are found in Africa, with T. yemenica endemic to nearby Yemen.
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