Galianora

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Galianora

| authority = Maddison, 2006

| type_species = G. sacha

| type_species_authority = Maddison, 2006

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| G. bryicola|Maddison, 2006 – Ecuador

| G. sacha|Maddison, 2006 – Ecuador}}

}}

Galianora is a genus of Ecuadorian jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 2006.{{cite journal| last=Maddison| first=W. P.| year=2006| title=New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)| journal=Zootaxa| pages=17–28| volume=1255| author-link=Wayne Maddison}} {{as of|2019|06}} it contains only two species, found only in Ecuador: G. bryicola and G. sacha.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Galianora Maddison, 2006| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-07-07| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2658| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}

The two described species have quite a different body form: G. sacha is elongate and pale, with raptorial front legs, while G. bryicola is compact and brown. An as-yet undescribed species from Venezuela is intermediate in body form and palp. It is named in honor of arachnologist María Elena Galiano.{{Cite journal| last1=Maddison| first1=Wayne P.| year=2006| title=New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)| journal=Zootaxa| volume=1255| pages=17–28| url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006/zt01255p028.pdf| accessdate=2017-03-07| mode=cs1}}