''Tengella'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of false wolf spiders that was first described by

Friedrich Dahl Karl Friedrich Theodor Dahl (June 24, 1856 in Rosenhofer Brök north of Dahme, Holstein – June 29, 1929 in Greifswald) was a German zoologist, and in particular an arachnologist. The son of a farmer, Dahl studied at the universities of Leipzi ...

in 1901. It is a senior synonym of ''Metafecenia''.

Species

it contains five species, found in

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

, Honduras,

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

, and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

: *'' Tengella albolineata'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico *'' Tengella kalebi'' Candia-Ramírez & Valdez-Mondragón, 2014 – Mexico *'' Tengella perfuga'' Dahl, 1901 – Nicaragua *'' Tengella radiata'' ( Kulczyński, 1909) – Honduras to Panama *'' Tengella thaleri'' Platnick, 2009 – Mexico

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