Lagnus is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. It occurs only in the Philippines and Fiji.[1]

Lagnus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Lagnus
L. Koch, 1879[1]
Type species
Lagnus longimanus
L. Koch, 1879[1]
Diversity[1]
3 species

Name

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The species name longimanus is Latin for "with a long hand".

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Gen. Lagnus L. Koch, 1879", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-09
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