Pseudomaevia
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| Pseudomaevia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pseudomaevia Rainbow, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. cognata Rainbow, 1920 | |
| Species | |
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Pseudomaevia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1920.[2] As of August 2019[update] it contains only two species and one subspecies, found only in Australia, on the Polynesian Islands, and Tahiti: P. cognata, P. insulana, and P. i. aorai.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (ψευδής), meaning "false", and the salticid genus Maevia.[2]
