Harmochirus

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Harmochirus
H. insulanus
H. insulanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Harmochirus
Simon, 1885
Diversity
9 species
Type species
Ballus brachiatus
Thorell, 1877
Species

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Harmochirus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

This small genus is very close to Bianor; it seems to replace it where Bianor itself is missing, especially in rainforest habitats.[1]

Contents

[edit] Species

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000

[edit] References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

[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.

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