Schenkelia
Genus of spiders
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Schenkelia is a genus of African jumping spiders, first described by Roger de Lessert in 1927.[2]
| Schenkelia | |
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| S. modesta | |
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| S. modesta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Schenkelia Lessert, 1927[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. modesta Lessert, 1927 | |
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The genus is named after Swiss arachnologist Ehrenfried Schenkel-Haas.
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes four species:[1]
- Schenkelia benoiti Wanless & Clark, 1975 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Schenkelia ibadanensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Schenkelia lesserti Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa (type species)
