María Elena Galiano
María Elena Galiano (1928 – October 30, 2000)[1] was an Argentine arachnologist. She was one of the leading taxonomists of neotropical jumping spiders.[2] Galiano worked at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires.[3] She died in an accident on October 30, 2000.[4] The genus Galianora is named in her honor.[2]
Taxa described
Galiano described numerous species and genera of spiders. She is the authority for the following genera:
- Admesturius Galiano, 1988
- Hisukattus Galiano, 1987
- Kalcerrytus Galiano, 2000
- Nycerella Galiano, 1982
- Simonurius Galiano, 1988
- Sumampattus Galiano, 1983
- Trydarssus Galiano, 1995
- Wedoquella Galiano, 1984
- Yepoella Galiano, 1970
References
- Scioscia, Christina (2000). "Nota Necrológica: Profesora María Elena Galiano". Physis (Buenos Aires) (in Spanish). 58: 102.
- Maddison, Wayne P. (2006). "New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 1255: 17–28.
- Cutler, Bruce (1987). "A Revision of the American Species of the Antlike Jumping Spider Genus Synageles (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 15 (3): 346.
- Galiano, María Elena (2001). "Revisión de las Especies de Freya del Grupo Decorata (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 29: 21–41. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0021:rndled]2.0.co;2.
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