''Tekellina'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Herbert Walter Levi Herbert Walter Levi (January 3, 1921 – November 3, 2014) was professor emeritus of zoology and curator of arachnology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He was born in Germany, educated there and at Leighton Park School, Re ...

in 1957.

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it contains nine species, found in east Asia and

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: *'' Tekellina archboldi'' Levi, 1957 (

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) – USA *'' Tekellina bella'' Marques & Buckup, 1993 –

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*'' Tekellina crica'' Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil *'' Tekellina guaiba'' Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil *'' Tekellina helixicis'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *'' Tekellina minor'' Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil *'' Tekellina pretiosa'' Marques & Buckup, 1993 – Brazil *'' Tekellina sadamotoi'' Yoshida & Ogata, 2016 – Japan *'' Tekellina yoshidai'' Marusik & Omelko, 2017 –

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(Far East)

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