- Nycerella
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Nycerella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Aelurillinae Genus: Nycerella
Galiano, 1982Type species Cyrene decorata
Peckham & Peckham, 1893Species 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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