Enoplomischus

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iEnoplomischus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Leptorchestinae Genus: Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931
Species
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Enoplomischus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

This genus has a large spike-like process on its pedicel. This structure probably mimics a similar spike present in the anterior part of the abdomen of the Odontomachus ants that these spiders seem to be modeled after.

[edit] Species

• Enoplomischus ghesquierei Giltay, 1931 (Ivory Coast, Congo)
• Enoplomischus spinosus Wesolowska, 2005 (Kenya)

[edit] Literature

• Wesołowska W. 2005. A new species of Enoplomischus from Kenya (Araneae: Salticidae: Leptorchestinae). Genus 16 (2): 307-311, 8 ff. (PDF)