Biology:Ghelna
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Short description:  Genus of spiders
| Ghelna | |
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| Female Ghelna castanea | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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
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