Genus of spiders
Tenkana is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It was created in 2024 with three species. The three species included under the genus "Tenkana" are "Tenkana arkavathi", "Tenkana jayamangali" and "Tenkana manu". Of these three species, "Tenkana jayamangalis" is a newly described species and this species is reported on dry leaf litter on the ground from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, in southern India. The species "Colopsus arkavathi" and "C. manu" are now included under the newly established genus "Tenkana" as "T. arkavathi" and "T. manu". The genus name "Tenkana" comes from Kannada, and means "south" indicating all the known species are from southern India and northern Sri Lanka. 
Species.
The species included under the genus "Tenkana" are as follows:
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