María Elena Galiano (1928 – October 30, 2000)[1] was an Argentine arachnologist. She was one of the leading taxonomists of Neotropical jumping spiders.[2] Galiano worked at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires.[3] She died in an accident on October 30, 2000.[4] The genera Galianora and Galianoella are named in her honor.[2][5]

Portrait of the Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano, specialist in subtropical spiders.

Taxa described

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

References

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  1. ^ Scioscia, Christina (2000). "Nota Necrológica: Profesora María Elena Galiano". Physis (Buenos Aires) (in Spanish). 58: 102.
  2. ^ a b 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.