Neonella Explained

Neonella is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1936.^[1] The name is a combination of the related spider genus Neon and the suffix "-ella".

Species

it contains fourteen species, found in the Caribbean, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and the United States:^[2]

• Neonella acostae Rubio, Argañaraz & Gleiser, 2015 – Argentina
• Neonella antillana Galiano, 1988 – Jamaica
• Neonella camillae Edwards, 2003 – USA
• Neonella choanocytica Salgado & Ruiz, 2018 – Brazil
• Neonella colalao Galiano, 1998 – Argentina
• Neonella gyrinus Salgado & Ruiz, 2018 – Brazil
• Neonella lubrica Galiano, 1988 – Brazil, Paraguay
• Neonella mayaguez Galiano, 1998 – Puerto Rico
• Neonella minuta Galiano, 1965 – Brazil, Argentina
• Neonella montana Galiano, 1988 – Brazil, Argentina
• Neonella nana Galiano, 1988 – Paraguay
• Neonella noronha Ruiz, Brescovit & Freitas, 2007 – Brazil
• Neonella salafraria Ruiz & Brescovit, 2004 – Brazil
• Neonella vinnula Gertsch, 1936 (type) – USA

External links

• Pictures of N. vinnula

Notes and References

1. Gertsch. W. J.. 1936. Further diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates. 1–27. 852. Willis J. Gertsch.
2. Gen. Neonella Gertsch, 1936. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-08-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.