Tullgrenella is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1941.[3] It is named after Swedish arachnologist Albert Tullgren, and is a senior synonym of Akeloides.[2]

Tullgrenella
Adult male Tullgrenella yungae in Misiones, Argentina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tullgrenella
Mello-Leitão, 1941[1]
Type species
T. morenensis
(Tullgren, 1905)
Species

13, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains thirteen species, found in Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  2. ^ a b Galiano, M. E. (1970). "Revision del género Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 29: 324.
  3. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1941). "Las arañas de Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta y Jujuy colectadas por los Profesores Birabén". Sección Zoología. Revista del Museo de La Plata. New Series. 2 (12): 99–198.
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