Sarinda (spider)

Sarinda is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in the Americas from Argentina to the southern United States and on the Greater Antilles:

• Sarinda armata <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1892)</small> – Panama to Peru
• Sarinda atrata <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> – French Guiana
• Sarinda capibarae <small>Galiano, 1967</small> – Brazil
• Sarinda cayennensis <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> – Brazil, French Guiana
• Sarinda chacoensis <small>Galiano, 1996</small> – Argentina
• Sarinda cutleri <small>(Richman, 1965)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Sarinda exilis <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1943)</small> – Brazil
• Sarinda glabra <small>Franganillo, 1930</small> – Cuba
• Sarinda hentzi <small>(Banks, 1913)</small> – USA
• Sarinda imitans <small>Galiano, 1965</small> – Argentina
• Sarinda longula <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> – French Guiana
• Sarinda marcosi <small>Piza, 1937</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Sarinda nigra <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1892</small> (type) – Nicaragua, Brazil, Guyana, Argentina
• Sarinda panamae <small>Galiano, 1965</small> – Panama
• Sarinda pretiosa <small>Banks, 1909</small> – Costa Rica
• Sarinda ruficeps <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> – Colombia
• Sarinda silvatica <small>Chickering, 1946</small> – Panama

References

External links

• Photographs of Sarinda species
• Painting of S. hentzi
• Picture of S. hentzi
• Picture of a Sarinda sp.
• Pictures of male and female S. cutleri