Sandalodes

Sandalodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Section:	Dionycha
Superfamily:	Salticoidea
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Plexippinae
Genus:	Sandalodes Keyserling, 1883
Type species
Mopsus bipenicillatus Keyserling, 1882
Species
see text
Diversity
9 species

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

The black with white markings S. scopifer is a very common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.

Species

• Sandalodes albovittatus (Keyserling, 1883) — Queensland
• Sandalodes bernsteini (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
• Sandalodes bipenicillatus (Keyserling, 1882) — Queensland, New South Wales
• Sandalodes celebensis Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
• Sandalodes joannae Zabka, 2000 — Western Australia
• Sandalodes minahassae Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
• Sandalodes pumicatus (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
• Sandalodes scopifer (Karsch, 1878) — New Guinea, Australia
• Sandalodes superbus (Karsch, 1878) — New Guinea, Australia

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Wattle Jumping Spider - S. scopifer (photographs, description)
• Ludicra Jumping Spider - S. superbus (=Bavia ludicra) (description, photographs)