Malenella is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Malenella nana. It was first described by M. J. Ramírez in 1995,[2] and has only been found in Chile.[1] This genus was named in honour of María Elena Galiano.[3]
| Malenella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Malenella |
| Species: | M. nana
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| Binomial name | |
| Malenella nana Ramírez, 1995[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Malenella Ramírez, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ Ramírez, M. J. (1995). "A phylogenetic analysis of the subfamilies of Anyphaenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Entomologica Scandinavica. 26 (4): 361–384. doi:10.1163/187631295X00053.
- ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.
External links
edit"Malenella" at the Encyclopedia of Life