Harmochirus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Italic title}}

{{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:

{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}

{{Div col end}}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{Cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Frances |last2=Murphy |first2=John |date=2000 |title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia |publication-place=Kuala Lumpur |publisher=Malaysian Nature Society |isbn=978-983-9681-17-8 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{cite web |title=Gen. Harmochirus Simon, 1885 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2678 |access-date=2017-03-08 }}

}}

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.