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Genus: Akela G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Akela melanoleuca (Mello-Leitão, 1944)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033298

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Distribution: Uruguay, Argentina

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

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Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (16260) - (Galiano, 1980b)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (16850) of Saitis nigrimanus - (Galiano, 1981a)
Holotype: Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBSI), Misiones, Argentina m (Ar 1838) of Akela scaloneta - (Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023)
Paratype: Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBSI), Misiones, Argentina 1m 1f (Ar 1579) of Akela scaloneta - (Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023)

Taxonomic References

Evophrys melanoleucus Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 384, f. 79 (Dm) Original description

Saitis nigrimanus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 295, f. 87 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057761]

Euophrys melanoleuca Roewer, 1955c: 1180

Euophrys melanoleucus Galiano, 1962d: 172, pl. II, f. 12-13 (m, S of Saitis nigrimanus)

"Euophrys" melanoleucus Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018: 38, f. 17L (m)

Akela scaloneta Rubio, Baigorria & Stolar, 2023: 16, f. 62-72 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057440]

Akela melanoleuca Ruiz et al., 2026: 199, f. 2A-F, 3A-I, 12C, 16A-F, 17A-D, 24B. (mf, T from Euophrys, S of Akela scaloneta)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1962d). Notes sobre el género Evophrys Koch, 1834 (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 23: 169-183. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1944b). Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 3: 311-393. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1945b). Arañas de Misiones, Corrientes y Entre Ríos. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S.) 4(Zoología 29): 213-302. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J., Lissner, J. & Schäfer, M. (2018). Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol. Ecologica Montenegrina 18: 26-74. doi: 10.37828/em.2018.18.4 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Rubio, G. D., Baigorria, J. E. M. & Stolar, C. E. (2023). Unveiling some unknown jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Argentina: descriptions of seven new species. Peckhamia 294.1: 1-22. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7716045 -- Show included taxa

Ruiz, G. R. S., Marta, K. S., Hagopián, D. & Bustamante, A. A. (2026). Taxonomic revision of Akela Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina), with insights into secondary spermathecae in Salticidae and coupling pocket homology in Freyina. Zoologischer Anzeiger 323: 193-218. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2026.05.011 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-24	Species distribution update	Ruiz et al., 2026	Old value
2026-06-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Ruiz et al., 2026
2026-06-24	Species transferred to new genus	Ruiz et al., 2026		Species transferred from Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834 to Akela G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896
2018-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, Lissner & Schäfer, 2018