María Elena Galiano [SEP] occupation
María Elena Galiano
María Elena Galiano (1928 – October 30, 2000) was an Argentine arachnologist. She was one of the leading taxonomists of neotropical jumping spiders. Galiano worked at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires. She died in an accident on October 30, 2000. The genus "Galianora" is named in her honor.
Taxa described.
Galiano described numerous species and genera of spiders. She is the authority for the following genera:
- "Admesturius"
- "Hisukattus"
Amerotritte", based on the type species "Amerotritte lineata", was synonymized with "Zygoballus" in 1980 by María Elena Galiano. Galiano stated that the holotype of "Amerotritte lineata" was actually a very young "Zygoballus" specimen.
"Zygoballus" is currently classified in the subtribe Dendryphantina of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Description.
Spiders of the genus "Zygoballus" share a strong resemblance in appearance. The cephalothorax is high and roughly square when viewed from above. It is widest at