Ligonipes

Ligonipes is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Five of the six described species are found in the Australian region, the exception being Ligonipes similis, recorded as being from Sumatra.[1] Their body form mimics ants.

Ligonipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Ligonipes
Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species
Ligonipes illustris
Karsch, 1878[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity
6 species

L. semitectus is a very common spider in Queensland, Australia. Males are 4 mm long, females 5 mm. There has been no information about L. similis (formerly in genus Rhombonotus) since its original description in 1882.[2]

Species

As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Ligonipes flavipes Rainbow, 1920 – Norfolk Island
  • Ligonipes illustris Karsch, 1878 – Queensland
  • Ligonipes lacertosus (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland
  • Ligonipes semitectus (Simon, 1900) – Queensland
  • Ligonipes similis (Hasselt, 1882) – Sumatra
  • Ligonipes synageloides (Szombathy, 1915) – New Guinea
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References
  1. "Gen. Ligonipes Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  2. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8. p. 272.

Further reading
  • Richardson, B.J.; Zabka, M.; Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. (2006). "Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia". Journal of Biogeography 33(4): 707-719. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01405.x


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