Ghelna is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 1996.[2]

Ghelna
Female Ghelna castanea
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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[1]
Type species
G. castanea
(Hentz, 1846)
Species

4, see text

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Canada and the United States:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Ghelna Maddison, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  2. ^ 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.
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