Harmochirus
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{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Harmochirus
| image = Harmochirus insulanus.crop.jpg
| image_caption = H. insulanus
| authority = Simon, 1885
| diversity = 10 species
| diversity_link = #Species
| type_species = Ballus brachiatus
| type_species_authority = Thorell, 1877
| subdivision = See text.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}
Harmochirus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
This small genus is very close to Bianor; it seems to replace it where Bianor itself is missing, especially in rainforest habitats.
Species
{{As of|2017|03}}, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
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- Harmochirus ahmedi Biswas, 2016 – Bangladesh
- Harmochirus bianoriformis (Strand, 1907) – Central and East Africa, Madagascar
- Harmochirus brachiatus (Thorell, 1877) (type species) – India, Bhutan to Taiwan, Indonesia
- Harmochirus duboscqi (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Ivory Coast, Senegal
- Harmochirus exaggeratus Caleb & Mathai, 2015 – India
- Harmochirus insulanus (Kishida, 1914) – China, Korea, Japan
- Harmochirus lloydi Narayan, 1915 – India
- Harmochirus luculentus Simon, 1886 – Africa, Zanzibar, Yemen
- Harmochirus pineus Xiao & Wang, 2005 – China
- Harmochirus zabkai Logunov, 2001 – India, Nepal, Vietnam
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References
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Further reading
- Logunov D.V. (2001). "A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arthropoda Selecta 9(4): 221-286.
External links
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/harmochi/brac-jph.htm Photograph of H. luculentus]
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