# Tengella

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Genus of spiders

This article is about the genus of spiders. For the West Africa leader, see [Tenguella](/source/Tenguella).

Tengella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Zoropsidae Genus: Tengella Dahl, 1901[1] Type species T. perfuga Dahl, 1901 Species 5, see text Synonyms[1] Metafecenia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902[2]

***Tengella*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [false wolf spiders](/source/Zoropsidae) that was first described by [Friedrich Dahl](/source/Friedrich_Dahl) in 1901.[3] It is a senior synonym of *Metafecenia*.[2]

## Species

As of September 2019[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengella&action=edit) it contains five species, found in [Panama](/source/Panama), [Honduras](/source/Honduras), [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua), and [Mexico](/source/Mexico):[1]

- *[Tengella albolineata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengella_albolineata&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([F. O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Frederick_Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1902)[4] – Mexico

- *[Tengella kalebi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengella_kalebi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Candia-Ramírez & Valdez-Mondragón, 2014[5] – Mexico

- *[Tengella perfuga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengella_perfuga&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dahl, 1901[3] – Nicaragua

- *[Tengella radiata](/source/Tengella_radiata)* ([Kulczyński](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kulczy%C5%84ski), 1909)[6] – Honduras to Panama

- *[Tengella thaleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengella_thaleri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Platnick, 2009[7] – Mexico

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NMBE_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NMBE_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NMBE_1-2) ["Gen. Tengella Dahl, 1901"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3236). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436%2F2). Retrieved 2019-10-15.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lehtinen,_1967_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lehtinen,_1967_2-1) Lehtinen, Pekka T. (1967). "Classification of the Cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". *Annales Zoologici Fennici*. **4** (3): 248, 268. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [23731560](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23731560).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Dahl,_1901_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Dahl,_1901_3-1) [Dahl, Friedrich](/source/Friedrich_Dahl) (1901). ["Nachtrag zur Uebersicht der Zoropsiden"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798659). *Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin*. **1901**: 251–253.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pickard-Cambridge,_1902_4-0)** Pickard-Cambridge, Frederick O. (1902). ["*Metafecenia*, gen. nov."](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/575928). *Araneida and Opiliones*. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. Arachnida. **II**. London. pp. 356–357; [Pl. 33](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/576248), Figs. 16, 17. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: External link in |postscript= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link))CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher)) CS1 maint: postscript ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_postscript))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Candia-Ramirez_et_al.,_2014_5-0)** Candia-Ramírez, Daniela T.; Valdez-Mondragón, Alejandro (2014). ["A new troglobitic species of the spider genus *Tengella* Dahl (Araneae, Tengellidae) from Chiapas, Mexico"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262694909). *Zootaxa*. **3764** (3): 377–386. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/zootaxa.3764.3.7](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3764.3.7). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [24870640](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24870640).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kulczynski,_1909_6-0)** Kulczyński, Vl. (1909). ["Fragmenta arachnologica, VII"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180930123316/http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/pdfliteratura/Kulczynski/Kulczynski%20(1909)%20Fragmenta%20arachnologica%20VII.PDF) (PDF). *Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie*. Classe des Sciences mathématiques et naturelles. **1909**: 447–450. Archived from [the original](http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/pdfliteratura/Kulczynski/Kulczynski%20%281909%29%20Fragmenta%20arachnologica%20VII.PDF) (PDF) on 30 September 2018; Pl. 22, Fig. 18.{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: postscript ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_postscript))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Platnick,_2009_7-0)** Platnick, Norman I. (2009). ["A review of the spider genus *Tengella* (Araneae: Tengellidae)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130508064408/http://www.nmbe.ch/sites/default/files/uploads/pubinv/platnick.pdf) (PDF). *Contributions to Natural History*. **12**: 1071–1090. Archived from [the original](http://www.nmbe.ch/sites/default/files/uploads/pubinv/platnick.pdf) (PDF) on 8 May 2013.

## Further reading

- Leister, Matthew; Mallis, Rachael; Miller, Kelly (2013). ["The male of *Tengella perfuga* Dahl, 1901 with re-description of the female and comparisons with *T. radiata* (Kulczynski, 1909) (Araneae: Tengellidae)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170828010709/http://www.kellymillerlab.com/pdf/72_tengella.pdf) (PDF). *Zootaxa*. **3709** (2): 185–199. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/zootaxa.3709.2.6](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3709.2.6). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [26240905](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26240905). Archived from [the original](http://www.kellymillerlab.com/pdf/72_tengella.pdf) (PDF) on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-27.

- Wolff, Robert J. (1977). ["The Cribellate Genus *Tengella* (Araneae: Tengellidae?)"](http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v5_n2/JoA_v5_p139.pdf) (PDF). *The Journal of Arachnology*. **5** (2): 139–144. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3705158](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3705158).

- Polotow, Daniele; Carmichael, Anthea; Griswold, Charles E. (2015). ["Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae)"](https://doi.org/10.1071%2FIS14041). *Invertebrate Systematics*. **29** (2): 124–163. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1071/IS14041](https://doi.org/10.1071%2FIS14041).

Taxon identifiers Tengella Wikidata: Q432289 Wikispecies: Tengella ADW: Tengella BioLib: 466738 BOLD: 79977 EoL: 113393 GBIF: 2143618 iNaturalist: 52946 IRMNG: 1340173 ITIS: 873166 NCBI: 388991 Open Tree of Life: 124996 Plazi: BB658781-661B-C30A-EAFC-5E93FA8B21D8 WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02091

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