Nycerella
| Nycerella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Aelurillinae |
| Genus: | Nycerella Galiano, 1982 |
| Type species | |
| Cyrene decorata Peckham & Peckham, 1893 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
| 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.
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)
External links
- Photographs of Nycerella species
- Pictures of N. delecta
- Paintings of N. delecta
- Pictures of N. donaldi
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