Beata (spider)

Beata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1895.

Species
it contains twenty-one species, found in Central America, North America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina, Guyana, and Brazil:
 * Beata aenea (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil, Argentina
 * Beata blauveltae Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
 * Beata cephalica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Panama
 * Beata cinereonitida Simon, 1902 – Brazil
 * Beata fausta (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
 * Beata germaini Simon, 1902 – Brazil, Paraguay
 * Beata hispida (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Mexico
 * Beata inconcinna (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Trinidad
 * Beata jubata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – St. Thomas
 * Beata longipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
 * Beata lucida (Galiano, 1992) – Argentina
 * Beata maccuni (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Panama to Brazil
 * Beata magna Peckham & Peckham, 1895 (type) – Guatemala to Colombia
 * Beata munda Chickering, 1946 – Panama
 * Beata octopunctata (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – St. Vincent
 * Beata pernix (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
 * Beata rustica (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – Guatemala to Brazil
 * Beata striata Petrunkevitch, 1925 – Panama
 * Beata venusta Chickering, 1946 – Panama
 * Beata wickhami (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – USA, Bahama Is., Cuba
 * Beata zeteki Chickering, 1946 – Panama