Poultonella

Poultonella
Female Poultonella in Zapata County, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Poultonella
Peckham & Peckham, 1909
Type species
P. alboimmaculata
(Peckham & Peckham, 1883)
Species
  • P. alboimmaculata (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) – USA
  • P. nuecesensis Cokendolpher & Horner, 1978 – USA

Poultonella is a genus of American jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1909. As of August 2019 it contains only two species, found only in the United States: P. alboimmaculata and P. nuecesensis. It is named in honor of Edward Bagnall Poulton.