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Orsima
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Orsima

Simon, 1901
Type species
Orsima constricta
Simon, 1901
Species

see text

Diversity
3 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

As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Orsima Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 June 2017.