Galianora

Taxobox
name = "Galianora"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Salticidae
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genus = "Galianora"
genus_authority = Maddison, 2006
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Galianora
diversity = 2 species
type_species = "Galianora sacha"
type_species_authority = Maddison, 2006
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Galianora" is a genus of jumping spiders.

The two described species have quite a different body form: "G. sacha" is elongate and pale, with raptorial front legs, while "G. bryicola" is compact and brown. An as-yet undescribed species from Venezuela is intermediate in body form and palpus.Maddison 2006]

Name

The genus is named in honour of arachnologist María Elena Galiano. Both described species are only found in Ecuador.

pecies

* "Galianora bryicola" Maddison, 2006
* "Galianora sacha" Maddison, 2006

Footnotes

References

* (2006): New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). "Zootaxa" 1255: 17-28. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006/zt01255p028.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".