''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
Boreal, northern, of the north. Derived from the name of the god of the north wind from Ancient Greek civilisation, Boreas (god), Boreas. It may also refer to:
Climatology and geography
*Boreal (age), the first climatic phase of the Blytt-Sernand ...
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiderscomprising 13% of spider species. Jumping s ...
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, Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists, ...
in 1886,
who presumably named it after the mythical character ''Bianor (=
Ocnus)''.
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''
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''
Mello-Leitão, 1922 — Brazil
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Bianor hongkong''
Song, Xie, Zhu & Wu, 1997 — China (Hong Kong)
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Bianor kovaczi''
Logunov, 2001 — Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Botswana
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Bianor maculatus
''Bianor compactus'' is a species of jumping spider that is endemic to Australia and introduced to New Zealand.Prószyński, J. (2017)Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae) ''Ecologica Montenegrina'' 12: 1-133. doi:10.37828/ ...
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(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''
(Tikader, 1975) — India
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Bianor nexilis''
Jastrzebski, 2007 — Bhutan
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Bianor pashanensis''
(Tikader, 1975) — India
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Bianor paulyi''
Logunov, 2009 — Madagascar, Comoros
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Bianor piratus''
Sen, Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015 — India
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Bianor pseudomaculatus''
Logunov, 2001 — India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam
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Bianor punjabicus''
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 by ...
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(Lawrence, 1927) — Namibia
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Bianor senegalensis''
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 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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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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