Bianor
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| Genus: | Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1886
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Bianor is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with a size between 3 and 4 mm.
Name
The genus name is derived from Bianor, the mythical son of Hercules.
Appearance
A boreal species, dark and shiny and robust. The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. The male spider can be easily recognized by his swollen fore legs; females have orange legs.
Species
- Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) — South Africa, Mediterranean to Central Asia
- Bianor angulosus (Karsch, 1879) — Sri Lanka, India to China, Vietnam, Indonesia
- Bianor biguttatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 — Socotra
- Bianor biocellosus Simon, 1902 — Brazil
- Bianor compactus (Urquhart, 1885) — New Zealand
- Bianor concolor (Keyserling, 1882) — New South Wales
- Bianor diversipes Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
- Bianor fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 — Brazil
- Bianor ghigii (Caporiacco, 1949) — Kenya
- Bianor hongkong Song et al., 1997 — Hong Kong
- Bianor incitatus Thorell, 1890 — India to China, Java, Sumatra, Caroline Islands
- Bianor kovaczi Logunov, 2001 — Ethiopia
- Bianor maculatus (Keyserling, 1883) — Australia, New Zealand
- Bianor monster Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
- Bianor murphyi Logunov, 2001 — Kenya
- Bianor narmadaensis Tikader, 1975 — India[1]
- Bianor nexilis Jastrzebski, 2007 — Bhutan
- Bianor orientalis (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) — Japan
- Bianor pashanensis Tikader, 1975 — India[1]
- Bianor pseudomaculatus Logunov, 2001 — India, Vietnam
- Bianor punjabicus Logunov, 2001 — India, Afghanistan
- Bianor quadrimaculatus (Lawrence, 1927) — Namibia
- Bianor senegalensis Logunov, 2001 — Senegal
- Bianor simplex (Blackwall, 1865) — Cape Verde Islands
- Bianor tortus Jastrzebski, 2007 — India, Nepal
- Bianor vitiensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 — Fiji
- Bianor wunderlichi Logunov, 2001 — Canary Islands, Azores
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ a b Kaldari, Ryan (2010). "Reassignment of the Indian species of Zygoballus to Bianor and Rhene (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Peckhamia (82.1).
Further reading
- Logunov, D.V. (2001): A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 9(4): 221-286.
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