Orsima
| Orsima | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Heliophaninae |
| Genus: | Orsima Simon, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Orsima constricta Simon, 1901 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Orsima is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
O. ichneumon has been suggested to be a Polyrhachis (Formicinae) ant mimic in reverse, however a recent study dismissed this.[1]
Species
- Orsima constricta Simon, 1901 — West, Central Africa
- Orsima ichneumon (Simon, 1901) — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Footnotes
- ↑ Edmunds 2006
References
- Edmunds, Malcolm (2006): Do Malaysian Myrmarachne associate with particular species of ant? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 645–653. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00649.x