Festucula
Genus of spiders
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Festucula is an African genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.[2]
male F. leroyae
male F. leroyae
male F. leroyae
male F. leroyae
| Festucula | |
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| male F. haddadi | |
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| male F. leroyae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Festucula Simon, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. vermiformis Simon, 1901 | |
| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes ten species:[1]
- Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique
- Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 – Botswana
- Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Kenya, Tanzania
- Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
- Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Ghana, Angola, Botswana
- Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
- Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria
- Festucula robusta Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
- Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 – Egypt, Sudan, Israel (type species)
