Hispo

Hispo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hisponinae
Genus: Hispo
Simon, 1885
Type species
Hispo cingulata
Simon, 1885
Species

see text

Diversity
11 species

Hispo is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Species of Hispo range in body length from 5 to 7 mm in females, and 3 to 4 in males.[1]

Distribution

Most species are found in Madagascar, with others found in a range from Africa to India. These parts were mostly connected during the time of Gondwana, or lie close. H. alboguttata is found in Sumatra.

Species

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 273f

References

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