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

Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032262

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Described:

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Distribution: Brazil, Uruguay, 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 (Ar 9584) - (Ruiz et al., 2026)
Allotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina f (9585) - (Galiano, 1999b)
Paratype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1m 4f (9586-9588) - (Galiano, 1999b)

Taxonomic References

Akela ruricola Galiano, 1999b: 1, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Akela ruricola Edwards, 2015: 17, f. 2A-J (mf)

Akela ruricola Ruiz et al., 2026: 197, f. 1A-D, 4A-D, 6A-D, 10A-F, 14A-F, 15A-D, 24C (mf)

References

Edwards, G. B. (2015). Freyinae, a major new subfamily of Neotropical jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4036(1): 1-87. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4036.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1999b). Descripción de Akela ruricola, nueva especies (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales, Sección C 55: 1-4. -- 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	New taxonomic reference entry	Ruiz et al., 2026
2015-11-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Edwards, 2015