Tekellina

Tekellina is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 1957 by Levi. As of 2017, it contains 8 species from the U.S. and Brazil.[1]

Tekellina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Tekellina
Levi[1]
Type species
Tekellina archboldi
Species

8, see text

Species

Tekellina comprises the following species:[1]

  • Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957
  • Tekellina bella Marques & Buckup, 1993
  • Tekellina crica Marques & Buckup, 1993
  • Tekellina guaiba Marques & Buckup, 1993
  • Tekellina helixicis Gao & Li, 2014
  • Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993
  • Tekellina pretiosa Marques & Buckup, 1993
  • Tekellina sadamotoi Yoshida & Ogata, 2016

References

  1. "Theridiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.


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