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Genus: Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Tullgrenella selenita Galiano, 1970

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036678

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Described:

Distribution: Chile, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (6249) - (Galiano & Maury, 1979)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1m (6250) (erroneously listed as f allotype) - (Galiano & Maury, 1979)

Taxonomic References

Tullgrenella selenita Galiano, 1970a: 348, f. 5-9 (Dm) Original description

Tullgrenella selenita Marta et al., 2024a: 61, f. 7Q, 48A-D, 49A-D (m, Df)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1970a). Revision del género Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 29: 323-355. -- Show included taxa

Marta, K. S., Bustamante, A. A., Hagopián, D., Teixeira, R. A., Brescovit, A. D., Valiati, V. H. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2024a). Taxonomic revision of the jumping spider genus Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina). Zootaxa 5411(1): 1-71. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5411.1.1 -- 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
2024-02-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Marta et al., 2024a
2024-02-16	Species distribution update	Marta et al., 2024a	Old value
2024-02-16	First description of female	Marta et al., 2024a	Old value