Bianor (spider)
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Bianor is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with a size between 3 and 4 mm.
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[edit] Etymology
From Bianor, the mythical son of Hercules.
[edit] Appearance
A boreal species, dark and shiny and robust. The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. The male spider can be easily recognized by his swollen fore legs; females have orange legs.
[edit] Species
- Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) (South Africa, Mediterranean to Central Asia)
- Bianor angulosus (Karsch, 1879) (Sri Lanka, India to China, Vietnam, Indonesia)
- Bianor biguttatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 (Socotra)
- Bianor biocellosus Simon, 1902 (Brazil)
- Bianor compactus (Urquhart, 1885) (New Zealand)
- Bianor concolor (Keyserling, 1882) (New South Wales)
- Bianor diversipes Simon, 1901 (Malaysia)
- Bianor fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 (Brazil)
- Bianor ghigii (Caporiacco, 1949) (Kenya)
- Bianor hongkong Song et al., 1997 (Hong Kong)
- Bianor incitatus Thorell, 1890 (India to China, Java, Sumatra, Caroline Islands)
- Bianor kovaczi Logunov, 2001 (Ethiopia)
- Bianor maculatus (Keyserling, 1883) (Australia, New Zealand)
- Bianor monster Zabka, 1985 (Vietnam)
- Bianor murphyi Logunov, 2001 (Kenya)
- Bianor orientalis (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) (Japan)
- Bianor pseudomaculatus Logunov, 2001 (India, Vietnam)
- Bianor punjabicus Logunov, 2001 (India, Afghanistan)
- Bianor quadrimaculatus (Lawrence, 1927) (Namibia)
- Bianor senegalensis Logunov, 2001 (Senegal)
- Bianor simplex (Blackwall, 1865) (Cape Verde Is.)
- Bianor vitiensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyn'ski, 1996 (Fiji)
- Bianor wunderlichi Logunov, 2001 (Canary Is., Azores)
[edit] 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.
