''Bianor'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
boreal jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described by
George and Elizabeth Peckham
George Williams Peckham (March 23, 1845 – January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 – February 11, 1940) were a married couple who were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachno ...
in 1886, who names it after the mythical son of
Hercules
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The Romans adapted the ...
.
Species
it contains twenty-eight species:
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Bianor albobimaculatus''
(Lucas, 1846) — Africa, Mediterranean to Russia (Europe), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India
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Bianor angulosus''
(Karsch, 1879) — India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
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Bianor balius''
Thorell, 1890 — India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kiribati (Caroline Is.)
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Bianor biguttatus''
Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 — Yemen (Socotra)
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Bianor biocellosus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal ecosystem, boreal Salticidae, jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange le ...
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Simon, 1902 — Brazil
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Bianor compactus''
(Urquhart, 1885) — New Zealand
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Bianor concolor''
(Keyserling, 1882) — Australia (New South Wales)
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Bianor diversipes''
Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
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Bianor eximius''
Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009 — Zimbabwe, South Africa
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Bianor fasciatus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described by ...
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Mello-Leitão, 1922 — Brazil
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Bianor hongkong
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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Song, Xie, Zhu & Wu, 1997 — China (Hong Kong)
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Bianor kovaczi
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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Logunov, 2001 — Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Botswana
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Bianor maculatus''
(Keyserling, 1883) — Australia, New Zealand
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Bianor monster''
Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
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Bianor murphyi''
Logunov, 2001 — Kenya
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Bianor narmadaensis
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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(Tikader, 1975) — India
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Bianor nexilis
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described by ...
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Jastrzebski, 2007 — Bhutan
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Bianor pashanensis
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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(Tikader, 1975) — India
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Bianor paulyi
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described by ...
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Logunov, 2009 — Madagascar, Comoros
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Bianor piratus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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Sen, Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015 — India
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Bianor pseudomaculatus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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Logunov, 2001 — India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam
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Bianor punjabicus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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Logunov, 2001 — Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
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Bianor quadrimaculatus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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(Lawrence, 1927) — Namibia
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Bianor senegalensis
''Bianor senegalensis'' is a jumping spider species in the genus ''Bianor'' that lives in Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially t ...
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Logunov, 2001 — Senegal
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Bianor simplex''
(Blackwall, 1865) — Cape Verde Is.
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Bianor tortus
''Bianor'' is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to . The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. Males can be easily recognized by his swollen forelegs and females have orange legs. It was first described b ...
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Jastrzebski, 2007 — India, Nepal
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Bianor vitiensis''
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 — Fiji
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Bianor wunderlichi''
Logunov, 2001 — Canary Is., Azores
References
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
Photograph of ''B. albobimaculatus''
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
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