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| Veissella | |
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| Female V. durbani | |
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| Male V. durbani | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Veissella Wanless, 1984[1] |
| Type species | |
| V. durbani (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) | |
| Species | |
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Veissella is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.[2]
"The genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters; the gender is considered feminine".[2]
Female V. durbani guarding eggs
Male V. durbani
Juvenile female V. durbani
Juvenile female V. durbani
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes two species:[1]
- Veissella durbani (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa (type species)
- Veissella milloti Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Comoros, Mayotte
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Veissella Wanless, 1984". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- 1 2 Wanless, F. R. (1984). "A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with descriptions of six new genera". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 46: 135–205. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15964.
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