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Pochyta insulana

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Pochyta insulana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pochyta
Species:
P. insulana
Binomial name
Pochyta insulana
Simon, 1910

Pochyta insulana is an endemic jumping spider species of the family Salticidae that lives on the island of Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe. It was first named and described in 1910 by Eugène Simon.[1]

Its male holotype measures 5 mm and its female holotype measures from 5.5 to 6 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ World Spider Catalog (2018). "Pochyta insulana". Natural History Museum Bern.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 44: 436–7.