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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Ligonipes Karsch, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ligonipes illustris Karsch, 1878[1]
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| Species | |
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| 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
editAs of April 2017[update], 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
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gen. Ligonipes Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ^ 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
edit- 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
External links
edit- Find-a-Spider: Ligonipes semitectus
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