| Ligonipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmarachninae |
| Genus: | Ligonipes Karsch, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Ligonipes illustris Karsch, 1878 |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
Ligonipes is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The six described species are found in the Australian region. Their body form mimics ants.
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[1].
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