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''Bianor'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1886, who presumably named it after the mythical character ''Bianor (= Ocnus)''.


Species

it contains twenty-eight species: *'' Bianor albobimaculatus'' (Lucas, 1846) — Africa, Mediterranean to Russia (Europe), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India *'' Bianor angulosus'' (Karsch, 1879) — India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia *'' Bianor balius'' Thorell, 1890 — India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kiribati (Caroline Is.) *'' Bianor biguttatus'' Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002 — Yemen (Socotra) *'' Bianor biocellosus'' Simon, 1902 — Brazil *'' Bianor compactus'' (Urquhart, 1885) — New Zealand *'' Bianor concolor'' (Keyserling, 1882) — Australia (New South Wales) *'' Bianor diversipes'' Simon, 1901 — Malaysia *'' Bianor eximius'' Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009 — Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Bianor fasciatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1922 — Brazil *'' Bianor hongkong'' Song, Xie, Zhu & Wu, 1997 — China (Hong Kong) *'' Bianor kovaczi'' Logunov, 2001 — Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Botswana *'' Bianor maculatus'' (Keyserling, 1883) — Australia, New Zealand *'' Bianor monster'' Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam *'' Bianor murphyi'' Logunov, 2001 — Kenya *'' Bianor narmadaensis'' (Tikader, 1975) — India *'' Bianor nexilis'' Jastrzebski, 2007 — Bhutan *'' Bianor pashanensis'' (Tikader, 1975) — India *'' Bianor paulyi'' Logunov, 2009 — Madagascar, Comoros *'' Bianor piratus'' Sen, Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015 — India *'' Bianor pseudomaculatus'' Logunov, 2001 — India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam *'' Bianor punjabicus'' Logunov, 2001 — Afghanistan, Pakistan, India *'' Bianor quadrimaculatus'' (Lawrence, 1927) — Namibia *'' Bianor senegalensis'' Logunov, 2001 — Senegal *'' Bianor simplex'' (Blackwall, 1865) — Cape Verde Is. *''
Bianor tortus ''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 ...
'' Jastrzebski, 2007 — India, Nepal *'' Bianor vitiensis'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 — Fiji *'' 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.


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Photograph of ''B. albobimaculatus''
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