Wesolowskana is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Both described species are endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.[1] The genus should possibly be included in the genus Pseudicius.[citation needed] It was originally named Luxuria when it was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1989.[2] It was renamed in 2008 because Luxuria was already in use for a genus of molluscs.[1][3] This genus was named in honour of Wanda Wesołowska.[4]

Wesolowskana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Wesolowskana
Koçak & Kemal, 2008
Species
Synonyms

Luxuria Wesolowska, 1989 (preoccupied name)

References

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  1. ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2018). "Wesolowskana". Natural History Museum of Bern.
  2. ^ Wesolowska (1989) : Notes on the Salticidae (Aranei) of the Cape Verde Islands. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova, vol. 87, p. 263-273
  3. ^ Koçak & Kemal (2008): New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida. Centre for Entomological Studies Miscellaneous Papers, no. 139-140, p. 1-4
  4. ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.
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