Tusitala
Genus of spiders
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Tusitala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902.[2] The name is Samoan, meaning "writer of stories". It is considered a senior synonym of Blaisea.[3]
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| female T. barbata | |
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| female T. barbata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
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Distribution
Species
female T. barbata
T. hirsuta
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes thirteen species:[1]
- Tusitala ansieae Azarkina & Foord, 2015 – Botswana
- Tusitala bandama Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
- Tusitala barbata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (type species)
- Tusitala cornuta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
- Tusitala discibulba Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
- Tusitala guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Tusitala hirsuta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 – Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa
- Tusitala lutzi Lessert, 1927 – Ivory Coast, DR Congo
- Tusitala lyrata (Simon, 1903) – Guinea, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique
- Tusitala proxima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Tusitala ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- Tusitala unica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
- Tusitala yemenica Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
