Tullgrenella Explained

Tullgrenella is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1941.^[1] It is named after Swedish arachnologist Albert Tullgren, and is a senior synonym of Akeloides.^[2]

Species

it contains thirteen species, found in Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil:^[3]

• Tullgrenella corrugata Galiano, 1981 – Brazil
• Tullgrenella didelphis (Simon, 1886) – Bolivia
• Tullgrenella gertschi Galiano, 1981 – Brazil
• Tullgrenella guayapae Galiano, 1970 – Argentina
• Tullgrenella lunata (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina
• Tullgrenella melanica (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
• Tullgrenella morenensis (Tullgren, 1905) (type) – Argentina
• Tullgrenella musica (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina
• Tullgrenella peniaflorensis Galiano, 1970 – Chile
• Tullgrenella quadripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina, Uruguay
• Tullgrenella selenita Galiano, 1970 – Argentina
• Tullgrenella serrana Galiano, 1970 – Argentina
• Tullgrenella yungae Galiano, 1970 – Bolivia, Argentina

External links

• Photographs of Tullgrenella species from Brazil (Corythalia?)

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão . C. F. de . 1941 . Las arañas de Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta y Jujuy colectadas por los Profesores Birabén. . Revista del Museo de La Plata . 99–198 . 2 . 12 . New Series . Sección Zoología. Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão.
2. Galiano . M. E. . 1970 . Revision del género Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) . Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales . 29 . 324.
3. Gen. Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . 2019-09-27 . 2019 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . Gloor . Daniel . Nentwig . Wolfgang . Blick . Theo . Kropf . Christian.