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Kakameganula

Kakameganula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Kakameganula
Wesołowska, 2020[1]
Species:
K. holmi
Binomial name
Kakameganula holmi
(Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Kakamega holmi Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016, invalid; genus name preoccupied by Kakamega de Mann, Burton & Lennerstedt, 1978

Kakameganula is a monotypic genus of east African jumping spiders containing the single species, Kakameganula holmi. The genus was first described by Angelika Dawidowicz & Wanda Wesołowska in 2016 under the name Kakamega,[3] and was placed in subtribe Thiratoscirtina within the tribe Aelurillini of the Salticoida clade of Salticinae.[4]

In 2020, it was discovered that the name was already in use for the bird genus Kakamega de Mann, Burton & Lennerstedt, 1978,[5] and Kakameganula was published as a replacement name.[2]

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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Madd15 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference MannBurtLenn78 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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