Ligdus is a genus of jumping spiders found in Burma and India. It contains only one species, Ligdus chelifer.[1]
| Ligdus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Ligdus Thorell, 1895[1] |
| Species | |
|
2, see text | |
The species was described in 1896 from a single female specimen. Eugène Simon thought it to be close to Copocrossa.[2] The habitus of an immature specimen, already showing the large spiny front legs, was drawn by Proszynski in 1984. It was thought to have only one species, until another species was found in India.[3]
Species
edit- L. chelifer Thorell, 1895 – India
- L. garvale Caleb, Shree, Kumar et Abhijith, 2024
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271
- ^ Caleb, John T.D.; Shree, A. Divya; Kumar, Lohith; Abhijith, A.P.C. (2024-05-13). "Reviving Ligdus Thorell, 1895: Description of a new species from India, 129 years since the establishment of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballini)". Zootaxa. 5448 (3): 446–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
References
edit- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
edit- Proszynski, J. (1984): Diagnostic drawings of less well known Salticidae/Araneae, an atlas. WSRP, Siedlce, Poland.
 | This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |