Cembalea plumosa

Tanzania Cembalea Jumping Spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cembalea
Species:
C. plumosa
Binomial name
Cembalea plumosa
(Lessert, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Neaetha heteropogon Simon, 1910
  • Tularosa plumosa Lessert, 1925

Cembalea plumosa is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the Tanzania Cembalea jumping spider.

Distribution

Cembalea plumosa is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. The specific distribution within South Africa is unknown.

Habitat and ecology

These are free-living ground-dwellers.

Description

Taxonomy

Cembalea plumosa was originally described in 1925 as Tularosa plumosa from Tanzania. It was transferred to Cembalea by Wesołowska in 1993.

Conservation

Cembalea plumosa is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range in Africa. There are no significant threats to the species.

References

  1. 1 2 Lessert, R. de (1925). "Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 5. Salticidae". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 31: 429–528. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117792.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cembalea plumosa (Lessert, 1925)". World Spider Catalog. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 42. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15222559. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Wesołowska, W. (1993). "On the genus Tularosa Peckham et Peckham, 1903 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Genus. 4 (1): 33–40.