Nigorella albimana is a species of spider in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders), found in west and central Africa.[1]

Nigorella albimana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Nigorella
Species:
N. albimana
Binomial name
Nigorella albimana
(Simon, 1902)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pachypoessa albimana Simon, 1902
  • Philaeus manicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903
  • Pachypoessa plebeja (L. Koch, 1875) (nomen dubium[2])

Taxonomy

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The species was first described as Pachypoessa albimana by Eugène Simon in 1902. In 1927, R. de Lessert considered Philaeus manicus to be the same species, making it a junior synonym of Pachypoessa albimana. In 1987, Jerzy Prószyński further synonymized Pachypoessa albimana with Euophrys plebeja. As this was the older name, the species became Pachypoessa plebeja. Both synonymizations are now rejected. Philaeus manicus is treated as a separate species in the genus Nigorella, N. manica. Euophrys plebeja is regarded as a doubtful name (nomen dubium).[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Taxon details Nigorella albimana (Simon, 1902)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-03
  2. ^ a b Wesołowska, W. (2009). "A Revision of the African Spider Genus Nigorella (Araneae: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici. 59 (4): 517–525. doi:10.3161/000345409X484900. S2CID 83954372.