Thorelliola Explained

Thorelliola is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1942.^[1] It is named after arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell.

Species

it contains nineteen species, found in Asia, on the Marshall Islands, in Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, and on the Polynesian Islands:^[2]

• Thorelliola aliena Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola biapophysis Gardzinska & Patoleta, 1997 – Indonesia (Banda Is.)
• Thorelliola crebra Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola cyrano Szűts & De Bakker, 2004 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola dissimilis Gardzińska, 2009 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola doryphora (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
• Thorelliola dumicola Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline Is.
• Thorelliola ensifera (Thorell, 1877) (type) – Malaysia to Sulawesi, Hawaii, French Polynesia (Marquesas Is., Society Is., Tuamotu)
• Thorelliola glabra Gardzinska & Patoleta, 1997 – Indonesia (Banda Is.)
• Thorelliola javaensis Gardzinska & Patoleta, 1997 – Indonesia (Java)
• Thorelliola joannae Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola mahunkai Szüts, 2002 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola monoceros (Karsch, 1881) – Marshall Is.
• Thorelliola pallidula Gardzińska, 2009 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola squamosa Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola tamasi Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola truncilonga Gardzinska & Patoleta, 1997 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola tualapa Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea
• Thorelliola zabkai Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – New Guinea

Notes and References

1. Strand. E.. 1942. Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica. X. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, Rigā. 386–402. 11. Embrik Strand.
2. Gen. Thorelliola Strand, 1942. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-27. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.