Martella (spider)

Martella
Adult male Martella lineatipes from Belize
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Martella
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Type species
M. pottsi
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

12, see text

Martella is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892. Species of this genus are found in South America and Central America.