Bacelarella

Bacelarella is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland & J. Millot in 1941.^[2] This genus was named in honour of the Portuguese arachnologist Amélia Bacelar.^[3]

Bacelarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Bacelarella Berland & Millot, 1941[1]
Type species
B. fradei Berland & Millot, 1941
Species
8, see text

Species

As of April 2024^[update] it contains eight species, found only in Africa:^[1]

• Bacelarella conjugans Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella dracula Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast, Nigeria
• Bacelarella fradei Berland & Millot, 1941 (type) – West Africa, Congo, Malawi
• Bacelarella gibbosa Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
• Bacelarella iactans Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella machadoi Wesołowska & Wiśniewski, 2023 – Angola
• Bacelarella pavida Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella tanohi Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast
• Bacelarella tentativa Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 – Ivory Coast