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Enoplomischus

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Enoplomischus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Enoplomischus
Giltay, 1931[1]
Type species
E. ghesquierei
Giltay, 1931
Species

Enoplomischus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by L. Giltay in 1931.[2] As of June 2019, it contains only two species, found only in Africa: E. ghesquierei and E. spinosus.[1] It has a large, spike-like process on its pedicel that probably mimics a similar spike present in the anterior part of the abdomen of Odontomachus ants after which these spiders seem to be modeled.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. ^ Giltay, L. (1931). "Notes arachnologiques africaines. IV. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Leptorchestinae (Salticidae unidentati)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 21: 167–170.
  3. ^ Wesołowska, W. (2005). "A new species of Enoplomischus from Kenya (Araneae: Salticidae: Leptorchestinae)" (PDF). Genus. 16 (2): 307–311. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2006-07-05.