Leptorchestes
| Leptorchestes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptorchestinae |
| Genus: | Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Salticus berolinensis C. L. Koch, 1846 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
Leptorchestes is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Like several other genera of salticids, it mimicks ants.
Species
- Leptorchestes algerinus Wesolowska & Szeremeta, 2001 — Algeria
- Leptorchestes berolinensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Europe to Turkmenistan
- Leptorchestes mutilloides (Lucas, 1846) — Southern Europe, Algeria
- Leptorchestes peresi (Simon, 1868) — Mediterranean
- Leptorchestes separatus Wesolowska & Szeremeta, 2001 — Namibia
- Leptorchestes sikorskii Prószyński, 2000 — Lebanon, Israel
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
- Wesolowska, Wanda & Szeremeta, M (2001): A revision of the ant like salticid genera Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931, Kima Peckham & Peckham, 1902 and Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Salticidae). Insect Systematic & Evolution 32(2): 217-240.