Schenkelia
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| 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 | |
| Species | |
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Schenkelia is a genus of African jumping spiders, first described by Roger de Lessert in 1927.[2]
The genus is named after Swiss arachnologist Ehrenfried Schenkel-Haas.
