Nycerella
| Nycerella | |
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| Nycerella delecta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Nycerella Galiano, 1982[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyrene decorata Peckham & Peckham, 1893
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nycerella is a genus of spiders of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
The genus was renamed from Cyrene Peckham & Peckham, 1893, because the name was preoccupied.
Species[edit]
As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- 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 volucripes Galiano, 1982 – Brazil, Peru
References[edit]
- ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Nycerella Galiano, 1982". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
External links[edit]
- Photographs of Nycerella species
- Pictures of N. delecta
- Paintings of N. delecta
- Pictures of N. donaldi
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