Ligonipes

Ligonipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Myrmarachninae
Genus: Ligonipes
Karsch, 1878
Type species
Ligonipes illustris
Karsch, 1878
Species

see text

Diversity
6 species

Ligonipes is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The six described species are found in the Australian region. Their body form mimics ants.

L. semitectus is a very common spider in Queensland, Australia. Males are 4 mm long, females 5 mm.

There has been no information about L. similis (formerly in genus Rhombonotus) since its original description in 1882.[1]

Species

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 272

References

Further reading

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