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María Elena Galiano

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Argentine arachnologist (1928–2000)
Portrait of the Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano, specialist in subtropical spiders.

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 genera Galianora and Galianoella are named in her honor.

Taxa described

Galiano described numerous species and genera of spiders. She is the authority for the following genera:

References

  1. Scioscia, Christina (2000). "Nota Necrológica: Profesora María Elena Galiano". Physis (Buenos Aires) (in Spanish). 58: 102.
  2. ^ Maddison, Wayne P. (2006). "New lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 1255: 17–28.
  3. Cutler, Bruce (1987). "A Revision of the American Species of the Antlike Jumping Spider Genus Synageles (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 15 (3): 346.
  4. Galiano, María Elena (2001). "Revisión de las Especies de Freya del Grupo Decorata (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 29: 21–41. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0021:rndled]2.0.co;2. S2CID 84515109.
  5. Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.
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