Erica eugenia
Genus of spiders
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Erica eugenia is a species of jumping spider. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Erica. It was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892,[3].[1][4]
| Erica eugenia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Erica Peckham & Peckham, 1892 |
| Species: | E. eugenia |
| Binomial name | |
| Erica eugenia Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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E. eugenia resembles the related genus Fluda, with which its range overlaps in Panama and Brazil, but can be distinguished by its higher cephalothorax with the cephalic region slightly inclined forward. It is a myrmecomorph, mimicking the ant genus Crematogaster and residing near their nests.[5]
