Marengo | |
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Marengo sp. from Saul Kere, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Marengo Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1] |
Type species | |
M. crassipes Peckham & Peckham, 1892
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Species | |
6, see text |
Marengo is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[2] The name is derived from Marengo, a village in Italy and the name of Napoleon's horse.
As of June 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog recognizes the following species, found only in Asia:[1]