World Spider Catalog

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

Akela zinha Ruiz & Bustamante, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067201

ZooBank: 4BFB624A-9EE7-4859-AC94-9BBC35006C11

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067201

Described:

Distribution: Brazil

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, Pará, Brazil m (ARA 37255) - (Ruiz et al., 2026)
Paratype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil 1f (87130) - (Ruiz et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Akela zinha Ruiz & Bustamante, in Ruiz et al., 2026: 201, f. 5A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-D, 11A-F, 18A-D, 19A-D, 20A-D, 21A-D, 22A-B, 24D (Dmf) Original description

References

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Ruiz et al., 2026
2026-06-24	New species inserted	Ruiz et al., 2026

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