# Ghelna

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***Ghelna*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of North American [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Wayne Paul Maddison](/source/Wayne_Maddison) in 1996.[2]

## Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Canada and the United States:[1]

- *[Ghelna barrowsi](/source/Ghelna_barrowsi)* ([Kaston](/source/B._J._Kaston), 1973) – USA
- *[Ghelna canadensis](/source/Ghelna_canadensis)* ([Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1897) – USA, Canada
- *[Ghelna castanea](/source/Ghelna_castanea)* (Hentz, 1846) ([type](/source/Type_species)) – USA
- *[Ghelna sexmaculata](/source/Ghelna_sexmaculata)* (Banks, 1895) – USA, Canada

## References

1. ["Gen. Ghelna Maddison, 1996"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2664). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-07-16.

1. Maddison, W. P. (1996). "*Pelegrina* Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus *Metaphidippus* (Araneae: Salticidae)". *Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology*. **154**: 215–368.

## External links

- [Picture of *G. canadensis*](http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ghelna/canad-gb.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110517054613/http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ghelna/canad-gb.htm) 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- [Picture of *G. castanea*](http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ghelna/casta-gb.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110517054642/http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ghelna/casta-gb.htm) 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- [Pictures of *G. sexmaculata*](http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ghelna/sexma-gb.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110517054701/http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/ghelna/sexma-gb.htm) 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine

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