Mendoza (spider)

Mendoza is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.^[2]

Species

As of August 2026 it contains twenty-two species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe:^[1]

Mendoza canestrinii (Ninni, 1868) – Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam
Mendoza dersuuzalai (Logunov & Wesołowska, 1992) – Russia (Far East)
Mendoza elongata (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
Mendoza ibarakiensis (Bohdanowicz & Prószyński, 1987) – Japan
Mendoza nobilis (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Far East), Korea, China
Mendoza pulchra (Prószyński, 1981) – Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Japan
Mendoza ryukyuensis Baba, 2007 – Japan
Mendoza zebra (Logunov & Wesołowska, 1992) – Russia (Far East)
Mendoza cognata (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894) – Japan
Mendoza eurina (Simon, 1871) – Greece (Rhodes)
Mendoza gridellii (Caporiacco, 1934) – Italy
Mendoza hiroseae (Nakatsudi, 1942) – Japan
Mendoza hotingchiehi (Schenkel, 1963) – China
Mendoza interrogationis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Mendoza magister (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam
Mendoza memorabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Libya, Egypt
Mendoza obscura (Kroneberg, 1875) – Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia (South Siberia to Far East), China
Mendoza pichoni (Schenkel, 1963) – Russia (Far East), China
Mendoza salsophila (Tystshenko, 1965) – Kazakhstan, China
Mendoza tschekiangensis (Schenkel, 1963) – Kazakhstan, Russia (Far East), China
Mendoza suguroi Baba, 2013 – Japan
Mendoza mori (Kishida, 1931) – Japan

1 2 "Gen. Mendoza Peckham & Peckham, 1894". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2026. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
↑ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1894). "Spiders of the Marptusa group". Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 2: 85–156.