''Goleba punctata'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

in the

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Goleba ''Goleba'' is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1980. Species it contains five species, found only in Africa: *'' Goleba jocquei'' Szüts, 2001 – Congo *'' Goleba lyra'' Maddison & Zhang, 2006 – ...

''. The species has been identified in Madagascar. The female was first described by George Peckham, Elizabeth Peckham and W.H. Wheeler in 1889. Initially placed in the genus '' Asemonea'', the species was moved to ''Goleba'' in 1980 by Fred Wanless.

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Salticidae Spiders described in 1889 Spiders of Madagascar {{Salticidae-stub