Bianor

Bianor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Pelleninae
Genus:	Bianor; Peckham & Peckham, 1886
Type species
	Scythropa maculata; Keyserling, 1883
Species
	see text
Diversity
	27 species

Bianor is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with a size between 3 and 4 mm (0.12 and 0.16 in).

Name

The genus name is derived from Bianor, the mythical son of Hercules.

Appearance

A boreal species, dark and shiny and robust. The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. The male spider can be easily recognized by his swollen fore legs; females have orange legs.

Species

Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) — South Africa, Mediterranean to Central Asia
Bianor angulosus (Karsch, 1879) — Sri Lanka, India to China, Vietnam, Indonesia
Bianor biguttatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 — Socotra
Bianor biocellosus Simon, 1902 — Brazil
Bianor compactus (Urquhart, 1885) — New Zealand
Bianor concolor (Keyserling, 1882) — New South Wales
Bianor diversipes Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
Bianor fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 — Brazil
Bianor ghigii (Caporiacco, 1949) — Kenya
Bianor hongkong Song et al., 1997 — Hong Kong
Bianor incitatus Thorell, 1890 — India to China, Java, Sumatra, Caroline Islands
Bianor kovaczi Logunov, 2001 — Ethiopia
Bianor maculatus (Keyserling, 1883) — Australia, New Zealand
Bianor monster Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
Bianor murphyi Logunov, 2001 — Kenya
Bianor narmadaensis Tikader, 1975 — India^[1]
Bianor nexilis Jastrzebski, 2007 — Bhutan
Bianor orientalis (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) — Japan
Bianor pashanensis Tikader, 1975 — India^[1]
Bianor pseudomaculatus Logunov, 2001 — India, Vietnam
Bianor punjabicus Logunov, 2001 — India, Afghanistan
Bianor quadrimaculatus (Lawrence, 1927) — Namibia
Bianor senegalensis Logunov, 2001 — Senegal
Bianor simplex (Blackwall, 1865) — Cape Verde Islands
Bianor tortus Jastrzebski, 2007 — India, Nepal
Bianor vitiensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 — Fiji
Bianor wunderlichi Logunov, 2001 — Canary Islands, Azores

References

Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

1 2 Kaldari, Ryan (2010). "Reassignment of the Indian species of Zygoballus to Bianor and Rhene (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Peckhamia (82.1).

External links

Photograph of B. albobimaculatus

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[Kaldari2010-1] 1 2 Kaldari, Ryan (2010). "Reassignment of the Indian species of Zygoballus to Bianor and Rhene (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Peckhamia (82.1).