Bindax

Bindax is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1892.[3] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only on the Solomon Islands and Sulawesi: B. chalcocephalus and B. oscitans.[1] The name is derived from Βίνδαξ, according to Thorell, a masculine name.[3]

Bindax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Bindax
Thorell, 1892[1]
Type species
B. chalcocephalus
(Thorell, 1877)
Species
  • B. chalcocephalus (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • B. oscitans (Pocock, 1898) – Solomon Is.
Synonyms[1]

References
  1. "Gen. Bindax Thorell, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach. p. 25.
  3. Thorell, T. (1892). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 31: 1–490.


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