Ligdus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

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| taxon = Ligdus

| authority = Thorell, 1895

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 2, see text

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Ligdus is a genus of jumping spiders found in Burma and India. It contains only two species, Ligdus chelifer and Ligdus garvale.{{cite web|title=Gen. Ligdus Thorell, 1895| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| accessdate=2025-02-01| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2743}}

The species was described in 1896 from a single female specimen. Eugène Simon thought it to be close to Copocrossa.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271 The habitus of an immature specimen, already showing the large spiny front legs, was drawn by Proszynski in 1984. It was thought to have only one species, until another species was found in India.{{Cite journal |last=Caleb |first=John T.D. |last2=Shree |first2=A. Divya |last3=Kumar |first3=Lohith |last4=Abhijith |first4=A.P.C. |date=2024-05-13 |title=Reviving Ligdus Thorell, 1895: Description of a new species from India, 129 years since the establishment of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballini) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5448.3.8 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5448 |issue=3 |pages=446–450 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.8 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}