Ghelna
| Ghelna | |
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| Female Ghelna castanea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Ghelna Maddison, 1996[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. castanea (Hentz, 1846)
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| Species | |
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Ghelna is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 1996.[2]
Species
As of June 2019[update] it contains four species, found only in Canada and the United States:[1]
- Ghelna barrowsi (Kaston, 1973) – USA
- Ghelna canadensis (Banks, 1897) – USA, Canada
- Ghelna castanea (Hentz, 1846) (type) – USA
- Ghelna sexmaculata (Banks, 1895) – USA, Canada
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Ghelna Maddison, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Maddison, W. P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 154: 215–368.
External links
- Picture of G. canadensis Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Picture of G. castanea Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Pictures of G. sexmaculata Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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