Napoca is a spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species, Napoca insignis, is only found in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It is one of seven genera comprising the Harmochireae clade within the Dendryphantinae

Dendryphantinae

The Dendryphantinae are a subfamily of jumping spiders that occur mainly in the New World. The females generally show paired spots on the abdomen, and the males often have enlarged chelicerae...

 subfamily.

The genus is known from only a single male specimen. It can be distinguished from similar genera such as Bianor

Bianor

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and Sibianor

Sibianor

Sibianor is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .This genus is closely related to Bianor.-Species:* Sibianor aemulus — USA, Canada, Russia* Sibianor annae Logunov, 2001 — China...

by its sclerotized, bean-shaped abdomen, which overhangs the carapace. In addition, the posterior median eyes are close to the anterior lateral eyes, while they are midway between the anterior lateral eyes and posterior lateral eyes in related genera. The holotype

Holotype

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 is housed at Oxford University.

External links

• Napoca at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library