Hermippus (spider)
Hermippus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Zodariidae |
Genus: | Hermippus Simon, 1893 |
Type species | |
Simon, 1893
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Species | |
Diversity | |
12 species |
Hermippus is a genus of ant eating spiders in the family Zodariidae, containing twelve species restricted to Asia and parts of Africa.[1] Three new species were discovered in 2014.[2][3][4][5]
Species[]
- Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, Somalia
- Jocqué, 1989 — Tanzania
- (Gravely, 1921) — India
- Hermippus cruciatus Simon, 1905 — India, Sri Lanka
- Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
- Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
- Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
- Simon, 1893 — Central, Southern Africa
- Jocqué, 1986 — Zimbabwe
- Lessert, 1938 — Kenya
- Lawrence, 1942 — South Africa
- Jocqué, 1986 — South Africa
References[]
- ^ "Gen. Hermippus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Sankaran, PM; Jobi, MJ; Joseph, MM; Sebastian, PA (2014). "On the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae, Zodariinae) in India with the description of three new species from the Western Ghats and proposing a new biogeographical hypothesis for the distribution of the genus". Zootaxa. 3893 (1): 114–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.5. PMID 25544514.
- ^ Jocqué, R. (1986). "A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae)". Journal of Natural History. 20: 7–22. doi:10.1080/00222938600770021.
- ^ "SH Team Spots Four New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats". New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Jocque, R. (Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika (1988). "A new African species and other new records of Hermippus (Araneae Zodariidae) [1988]". Biologisch Jaarboek - Dodonaea (Belgium). Retrieved 28 April 2016.
Categories:
- Zodariidae
- Araneomorphae genera
- Spiders of Asia
- Spiders of Africa