Ligdus
Ligdus is a genus of jumping spiders found in Burma. It contains only one species, Ligdus chelifer.[1]
| Ligdus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Ligdus |
| Species: | L. chelifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligdus chelifer | |
The species was described in 1895 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.
Footnotes
- "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271
References
- 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
- Proszynski, J. (1984): Diagnostic drawings of less well known Salticidae/Araneae, an atlas. WSRP, Siedlce, Poland.
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