Festucula

Festucula is an African genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[2]

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  male F. leroyae
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  male F. leroyae
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  male F. leroyae
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  male F. leroyae

Festucula
male F. haddadi
male F. leroyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Festucula Simon, 1901[1]
Type species
F. vermiformis Simon, 1901
Species
10, see text

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes ten species:^[1]

• Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique
• Festucula botswana Azarkina & Foord, 2023 – Botswana
• Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Kenya, Tanzania
• Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Ghana, Angola, Botswana
• Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
• Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana
• Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria
• Festucula robusta Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 – Egypt, Sudan, Israel (type species)