Hentzia

Hentzia
Male Hentzia mitrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Hentzia
Marx, 1883
Type species
Epiblemum palmarum
Hentz, 1832
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Wala Keyserling, 1885
  • Anoka Peckham and Peckham, 1893
  • Parahentzia Bryant, 1943
  • Maeviobeata Caporiacco, 1947

Hentzia is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) subfamily Dendryphantinae. The genus is widespread in North America and northern South America but the center of biodiversity seems to be primarily in the Caribbean and surrounding areas, with the greatest species diversity occurring in Cuba, which has seven species.[1][2] Some outlier species, such as Hentzia poenitens and Hentzia fimbriata are found in western North America.[1][2] It appears to be closely related to the genus Anicius from which it differs primarily in certain anatomical details.[2]

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