Cerionesta

Cerionesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Cerionesta
Simon, 1901
Type species
C. luteola
(Peckham & Peckham, 1894)
Species
  • C. luteola (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – St. Vincent
  • C. pacifica (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)

Cerionesta is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only on the Windward Islands and the Galápagos Islands: C. luteola and C. pacifica.