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Tusitala

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Salticidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Class
  
Arachnida

Subfamily
  
Hasariinae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Thyene, Viciria, Phintella, Pseudicius, Harmochirus

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Tusitala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). It is also a word in the Samoan language which means 'writer of stories'. Tusitala was the name used by the Samoan people for Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived the last four years of his life in Samoa and is buried on Mount Vaea.

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Species

  • Tusitala barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 — East, Southern Africa
  • Tusitala barbata longipalpis Lessert, 1925 — Ethiopia, East Africa
  • Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
  • Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 — Guinea
  • Tusitala hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902 — Zanzibar
  • Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927 — Republic of Congo
  • Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) — West, Central, East Africa
  • Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
  • Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
  • Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 — Yemen

    • References

    Tusitala Wikipedia
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