Wedoquella

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Wedoquella

| authority = Galiano, 1984

| image = Wedoquella apnnea male.jpg

| image_caption = Male Wedoquella apnnea in Chaco Province, Argentina

| type_species = W. denticulata

| type_species_authority = Galiano, 1984

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 5, see text

}}

Wedoquella is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by María Elena Galiano in 1984.{{cite journal| last=Galiano| first=M. E.| year=1984| title=Descripcion de Wedoquella nuevo genero (Araneae, Salticidae)| journal=Journal of Arachnology| pages=343–352| volume=11| author-link=María Elena Galiano| url=http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v11_n3/JoA_v11_p343.pdf}} They reach a body length of about {{convert|5|to|11|mm}}, and are most closely related to Phiale in general appearance. The genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters with the suffix "-ella".

Species

{{as of|2019|09}} it contains five species, found in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Wedoquella Galiano, 1984| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-10-09| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3051| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}

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