Hispo

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

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

See text.

Diversity
9 species

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, 1885 – Madagascar
  • 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. "Gen. Hispo Simon, 1886", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, 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
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