Hermippus (spider)

Gephyrota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Hermippus Simon, 1893
Type species
Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893
Species
See text
Diversity
12 species

Hermippus is a genus of ant eating spiders in the family Zodariidae, containing twelve species restricted to Asia and parts of Africa.^[1] Three new species were discovered in 2014.^[2][3][4][5]

Species

• Hermippus affinis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, Somalia
• Hermippus arcus Jocqué, 1989 — Tanzania
• Hermippus arjuna (Gravely, 1921) — India
• Hermippus cruciatus Simon, 1905 — India, Sri Lanka
• Hermippus gavi Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
• Hermippus globosus Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
• Hermippus inflexus Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
• Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893 — Central, Southern Africa
• Hermippus minutus Jocqué, 1986 — Zimbabwe
• Hermippus schoutedeni Lessert, 1938 — Kenya
• Hermippus septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942 — South Africa
• Hermippus tenebrosus Jocqué, 1986 — South Africa

References

1. "Gen. Hermippus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
2. "On the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae, Zodariinae) in India with the description of three new species from the Western Ghats and proposing a new biogeographical hypothesis for the distribution of the genus.". NCBI. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
3. "A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae)". Taylor Francis Online. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
4. "SH Team Spots Four New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats". New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
5. "A new African species and other new records of Hermippus (Araneae Zodariidae) [1988]". AGRIS: International Information System for the Agricultural Science and Technology. Retrieved 28 April 2016.