Biology:Hispo

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Short description: Genus of spiders


Hispo
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hisponinae
Genus: Hispo
Simon, 1885[1]
Type species
Hispo cingulata
Simon, 1885[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity
9 species

Hispo is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).[1]

Species of Hispo range in body length from 5 to 7 mm in females, and 3 to 4 in males.[2]

Distribution

Most species are found in Madagascar , with others found in Africa and the Seychelles.[1] These parts were mostly connected during the time of Gondwana, or lie close.

Species

(As of March 2017), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1981 – Seychelles
  • Hispo cingulata Simon, 1885Madagascar
  • Hispo frenata (Simon, 1900) – Madagascar
  • Hispo georgius (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – Central, East and Southern Africa, Madagascar
  • Hispo macfarlanei Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
  • Hispo pullata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
  • Hispo striolata Simon, 1898 – Seychelles
  • Hispo sulcata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
  • Hispo tenuis Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Gen. Hispo Simon, 1886", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2694, retrieved 2017-03-07 
  2. Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society, p. 273f, ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8 

Wikidata ☰ Q1134828 entry