| Ghelna | |
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| Female Ghelna castanea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Ghelna Maddison, 1996 |
| Type species | |
| G. castanea (Hentz, 1846) | |
| Species | |
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Ghelna is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 1996.
Species
As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Canada and the United States:
- Ghelna barrowsi (Kaston, 1973) – USA
- Ghelna canadensis (Banks, 1897) – USA, Canada
- Ghelna castanea (Hentz, 1846) (type) – USA
- Ghelna sexmaculata (Banks, 1895) – USA, Canada
References
- ^ "Gen. Ghelna Maddison, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- Maddison, W. P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 154: 215–368.
External links
- Picture of G. canadensis Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Picture of G. castanea Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Pictures of G. sexmaculata Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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