Biology:Ghelna

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Ghelna
Edwards Ghelna castanea 01.jpg
Female Ghelna castanea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Ghelna
Maddison, 1996[1]
Type species
G. castanea
(Hentz, 1846)
Species

4, see text

Ghelna is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 1996.[2]

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains four species, found only in Canada and the United States :[1]

  • Ghelna barrowsi (Kaston, 1973) – USA
  • Ghelna canadensis (Banks, 1897) – USA, Canada
  • Ghelna castanea (Hentz, 1846) (type) – USA
  • Ghelna sexmaculata (Banks, 1895) – USA, Canada

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Ghelna Maddison, 1996. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2664. Retrieved 2019-07-16. 
  2. Maddison, W. P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154: 215–368. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q295731 entry