Marengo (genus)
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Marengo is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Most of the six described species are endemic to Sri Lanka, with one species occurring in Thailand.
[edit] Name
The genus name is derived from Marengo, a village in Italy, and the name of Napoleon's horse. (See also Afromarengo and Indomarengo)
[edit] Species
- Marengo crassipes Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Sri Lanka
- Marengo deelemanae Benjamin, 2004 — Thailand
- Marengo inornata (Simon, 1900) — Sri Lanka
- Marengo nitida Simon, 1900 — Sri Lanka
- Marengo rattotensis Benjamin, 2006 — Sri Lanka
- Marengo striatipes Simon, 1900 — Sri Lanka
