Tekellina
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Tekellina
| authority = Levi, 1957
| type_species = T. archboldi
| type_species_authority = Levi, 1957
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 9, see text
}}
Tekellina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957.{{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1957| title=The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)| journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society| pages=105–115| volume=76| author-link=Herbert_Walter_Levi}}
Species
{{as of|2020|06}} it contains nine species, found in east Asia and the Americas:{{cite web| title=Gen. Tekellina Levi, 1957| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-07-14| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3548| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957 (type) – USA
- Tekellina bella Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil
- Tekellina crica Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil
- Tekellina guaiba Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil
- Tekellina helixicis Gao & Li, 2014 – China
- Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil
- Tekellina pretiosa Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil
- Tekellina sadamotoi Yoshida & Ogata, 2016 – Japan
- Tekellina yoshidai Marusik & Omelko, 2017 – Russia (Far East)
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal| last=Marques| first=M. A. L.| last2=Buckup| first2=E. H.| year=1993| title=Novas espécies de Tekellina do Brasil (Araneae, Theridiidae)| journal=Iheringia| pages=125–132| volume=74}}
- {{cite journal| last=Marusik| first=Y. M.| last2=Omelko| first2=M. M.| year=2017| title=A new species of Tekellina (Araneae, Araneoidea) from the Russian Far East| journal=Entomologica Fennica| pages=164–168| volume=28| issue=3}}
- {{cite journal| last=Yoshida| first=H.| last2=Ogata| first2=K.| year=2016| title=A new species of the newly recorded genus Tekellina (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan| journal=Acta Arachnologica| pages=15–18| volume=65| issue=1}}
- {{cite journal| last=Gao| first=C. X.| last2=Li| first2=S. Q.| year=2014| title=Comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna, Southwest China| journal=Zoological Systematics| pages=1–135| volume=39| issue=1}}
- {{cite journal| last=Buckup| first=E. H.| last2=Marques| first2=M. A. L.| year=1996| title=Descrições, transferências e novas sinonímias em Theridiidae (Araneae)| journal=Iheringia, Série Zoologia| pages=45–62| volume=81}}
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Category:Spiders of the United States
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