Sandalodes

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Sandalodes

| image = Sandalodes.superbus.jpg

| image_caption = Sandalodes superbus

| authority = Keyserling, 1883

| type_species = S. bipenicillatus

| type_species_authority = (Keyserling, 1882)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9, see text

| synonyms =

Karschiolina Brignoli, 1985{{cite journal| last=Żabka| first=M.| year=1991| title=Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii| journal=Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa| volume=32| page=51}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Sandalodes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1883.{{cite book| last=Keyserling| first=E.| year=1883| title=Die Arachniden Australiens| publisher=Nürnberg 1| pages=1421–1489| author-link=Eugen von Keyserling}} S. scopifer, a black spider with white markings, is a common species in eucalypt forests on the Darling Downs.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Species

{{as of|2019|08}} it contains nine species, found only in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and on Sulawesi:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Sandalodes Keyserling, 1883| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-23| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2942| doi=10.24436/2}}

Sandalodes albovittatus (Keyserling, 1883) – Australia (Queensland)
Sandalodes bernsteini (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Sandalodes bipenicillatus (Keyserling, 1882) (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Sandalodes celebensis Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Sandalodes joannae Zabka, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
Sandalodes minahassae Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Sandalodes pumicatus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Sandalodes scopifer (Karsch, 1878) – New Guinea, Australia
Sandalodes superbus (Karsch, 1878) – New Guinea, Australia

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026213435/http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_spiders/WattleJumpingSpider.htm Wattle Jumping Spider - S. scopifer] (photographs, description)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050729124534/http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_spiders/LudicaJumpingSpider.htm Ludicra Jumping Spider - S. superbus (=Bavia ludicra)] (description, photographs)

Category:Salticidae genera

Category:Salticidae

Category:Spiders of Oceania

Category:Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling