Bacelarella Explained

Bacelarella is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland & J. Millot in 1941.^[1] This genus was named in honour of the Portuguese arachnologist Amélia Bacelar.

Species

it contains eight species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Bacelarella conjugans Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella dracula Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast, Nigeria
• Bacelarella fradei Berland & Millot, 1941 (type) – West Africa, Congo, Malawi
• Bacelarella gibbosa Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
• Bacelarella iactans Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella machadoi Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 – Angola
• Bacelarella pavida Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella tanohi Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella tentativa Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast

Further reading

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Berland. L.. Millot. J.. 1941. Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 297–423. 12. Lucien Berland.
2. Gen. Bacelarella Berland & Millot, 1941. World Spider Catalog. 25.0. 24 April 2024. 2024. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.