Nycerella

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Nycerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Tribe: Freyini
Genus: Nycerella
Galiano, 1982
Diversity
8 species
Type species
Cyrene decorata
Peckham & Peckham, 1893
Species

see text

Synonyms

Cyrene Peckham & Peckham

Nycerella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

The genus was renamed from Cyrene Peckham & Peckham, 1893, because the name was preoccupied.

[edit] Species

  • Nycerella aprica (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina)
  • Nycerella decorata (Peckham & Peckham, 1893) (Panama, Colombia, St. Vincent)
  • Nycerella delecta (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Mexico to Panama)
  • Nycerella donaldi (Chickering, 1946) (Panama)
  • Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982 (Brazil)
  • Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982 (Panama to Ecuador)
  • Nycerella sanguinea (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Guatemala to Panama)
    • Nycerella sanguinea paradoxa (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Guatemala)
  • Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982 (Brazil, Peru)

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