Harmochirus
| Harmochirus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| H. insulanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Simon, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ballus brachiatus | |
| Species | |
| See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 10 species | |
Harmochirus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).[1]
This small genus is very close to Bianor; it seems to replace it where Bianor itself is missing, especially in rainforest habitats.[2]
Species
As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Harmochirus ahmedi Biswas, 2016 – Bangladesh
- Harmochirus bianoriformis (Strand, 1907) – Central and East Africa, Madagascar
- Harmochirus brachiatus (Thorell, 1877) (type species) – India, Bhutan to Taiwan, Indonesia
- Harmochirus duboscqi (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Ivory Coast, Senegal
- Harmochirus exaggeratus Caleb & Mathai, 2015 – India
- Harmochirus insulanus (Kishida, 1914) – China, Korea, Japan
- Harmochirus lloydi Narayan, 1915 – India
- Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886 – Africa, Zanzibar, Yemen
- Harmochirus pineus Xiao & Wang, 2005 – China
- Harmochirus zabkai Logunov, 2001 – India, Nepal, Vietnam
References
Further reading
- Logunov D.V. (2001). "A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arthropoda Selecta 9(4): 221-286.
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