Sonoita lightfooti

Sonoita lightfooti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Sonoita
Peckham & Peckham, 1903[1]
Species:
S. lightfooti
Binomial name
Sonoita lightfooti
Peckham & Peckham, 1903

Sonoita is a formerly monotypic genus of jumping spiders. It was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903,[2] and is found only in Africa.[1]

While its formerly single species, Sonoita lightfooti, was described in 1903, a second species was described in 2022.[1]

Distribution

S. lightfooti has been found in Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, with a possible finding from India.[1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes two species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Gen. Sonoita G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14: 173–278.


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