Nycerella

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Nycerella
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Nycerella delecta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Nycerella
Galiano, 1982 [1]
Type species
Cyrene decorata
Peckham & Peckham, 1893
Species

See text

Diversity
8 species
Synonyms
  • CyrenePeckham & Peckham

Nycerella is a genus of spiders of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.

Contents

The genus was renamed from Cyrene Peckham & Peckham, 1893, because the name was preoccupied.

Species

As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Nycerella Galiano, 1982". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 June 2017.