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Bacelarella

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Bacelarella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Bacelarella
Berland & Millot, 1941[1]
Type species
B. fradei
Berland & Millot, 1941
Species

8, see text

Bacelarella is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland & J. Millot in 1941.[2] This genus was named in honour of the Portuguese arachnologist Amélia Bacelar.[3]

Species

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As of April 2024 it contains eight species, found only in Africa:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Bacelarella Berland & Millot, 1941". World Spider Catalog. 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ Berland, L.; Millot, J. (1941). "Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 12: 297–423.
  3. ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.

Further reading

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  • Szűts, T.; Jocqué, R. (2001). "New species in the genus Bacelarella (Araneae: Salticidae) from Côte d'Ivoire". Annals Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Sciences Zoologiques). 285: 77–100.