Nycerella
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Nycerella delecta (3367727).JPG
| image_caption = Nycerella delecta
| taxon = Nycerella
| authority = Galiano, 1982
| diversity = 8 species
| type_species = Cyrene decorata
| type_species_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1893
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = * Cyrene Peckham & Peckham
}}
Nycerella is a genus of spiders of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
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:{{cite web|author=World Spider Catalog|year=2017|title=Gen. Nycerella Galiano, 1982|website=World Spider Catalog|publisher=Natural History Museum|place=Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2822|version=18.0|accessdate=26 June 2017}}
- Nycerella aprica (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Nycerella decorata (Peckham & Peckham, 1893) – Panama, Colombia, St. Vincent
- Nycerella delecta (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico to Panama
- Nycerella donaldi (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
- Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982 – Brazil
- Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982 – Panama to Ecuador
- Nycerella sanguinea (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Guatemala to Panama
- Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982 – Brazil, Peru
References
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External links
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/nycerel/nycerel.htm Photographs of Nycerella species]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925132025/http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/nycerel/delec-gb.htm Pictures of N. delecta ]
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/nycerel/delec-ol.htm Paintings of N. delecta]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925132458/http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/nycerel/donal-gb.htm Pictures of N. donaldi]
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Category:Spiders of North America
Category:Spiders of South America
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