Ergane (spider)

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{About|a genus of spiders|other uses|Ergane (disambiguation){{!}}Ergane}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Ergane

| authority = L. Koch, 1881

| type_species = E. cognata

| type_species_authority = L. Koch, 1881

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 4, see text

| synonyms =

• Afiola Peckham & Peckham, 1907{{cite journal| last=Żabka| first=M.| year=1988| title=Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III| journal=Annales Zoologici, Warszawa| volume=41| page=454}}

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Ergane is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1881.{{cite book| last=Koch| first=L.| year=1881| title=Die Arachniden Australiens| publisher=Nürnberg 1| pages=1213–1271| author-link=Ludwig Carl Christian Koch}} Males of E. benjarei is {{convert|9|mm}} long. The form of the pedipalp and the abdominal pattern suggest that Ergane is close to Chalcotropis.{{cite journal| last1=Murphy| first1=Frances| last2=Murphy| first2=John| year=2000| title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia| journal=Malaysian Nature Society| publisher=Kuala Lumpur| page=284}} It is named after the goddess Athena, called Athena Ergane as the patron of craftsmen and artisans.