Orsima
Appearance
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Genus: | Orsima Simon, 1901
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Orsima constricta Simon, 1901
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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]
- Orsima constricta Simon, 1901 – West, Central Africa
- Orsima ichneumon (Simon, 1901) – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
- Orsima thaleri Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Sumatra
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Orsima Simon, 1901". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 June 2017.