Goleta (spider)

This article is about a genus of spiders. For the city in California, see Goleta, California.

Goleta is a genus of Malagasy jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.^[2] As of June 2019^[update] it contains only two species, found only on Madagascar: G. peckhami and G. workmani.^[1]

Goleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Goleta Peckham & Peckham, 1894[1]
Type species
G. workmani (Peckham & Peckham, 1885)
Species
G. peckhami Simon, 1900 – Madagascar G. workmani (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Madagascar