Tarkas
| Tarkas | |
|---|---|
| male Tarkas maculatipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Tarkas Edwards, 2015 |
| Species: | T. maculatipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarkas maculatipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)
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Tarkas is a genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The single described species, Tarkas maculatipes, is found in Mexico and Guatemala.
The genus is named after the character Tars Tarkas from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars.