Galianora
| Galianora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Galianora Maddison, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| G. sacha Maddison, 2006
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| Species | |
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Galianora is a genus of Ecuadorian jumping spiders that was first described by Wayne Paul Maddison in 2006. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Ecuador: G. bryicola and G. sacha.
The two described species have quite a different body form: G. sacha is elongate and pale, with raptorial front legs, while G. bryicola is compact and brown. An as-yet undescribed species from Venezuela is intermediate in body form and palp. It is named in honor of arachnologist María Elena Galiano.