Wedoquella

Wedoquella is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by María Elena Galiano in 1984.[2] They reach a body length of about 5 to 11 millimetres (0.20 to 0.43 in), and are most closely related to Phiale in general appearance.[2] The genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters with the suffix "-ella".[2]

Wedoquella
Male Wedoquella apnnea in Chaco Province, Argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Wedoquella
Galiano, 1984[1]
Type species
W. denticulata
Galiano, 1984
Species

5, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains five species, found in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina:[1]

  • Wedoquella apnnea Rubio, Nadal & Edwards, 2019 – Argentina
  • Wedoquella denticulata Galiano, 1984 (type) – Argentina
  • Wedoquella karadya Rubio, Baigorria & Edwards, 2019 – Argentina
  • Wedoquella macrothecata Galiano, 1984 – Argentina
  • Wedoquella punctata (Tullgren, 1905) – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wedoquella Galiano, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  2. Galiano, M. E. (1984). "Descripcion de Wedoquella nuevo genero (Araneae, Salticidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 11: 343–352.


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