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''Enoplomischus'' 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 African
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 was first described by L. Giltay in 1931. , it contains only two species, found only in Africa: ''E. ghesquierei'' and '' E. spinosus''. It has a large, spike-like process on its pedicel that probably mimics a similar spike present in the anterior part of the abdomen of ''
Odontomachus ''Odontomachus'' is a genus of ants commonly called trap-jaw ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world. Overview Commonly known as trap-jaw ants, species in ''Odontomachus'' have a pair of large, straight mandible (insect) ...
'' ants after which these spiders seem to be modeled.


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Salticidae Salticidae genera Spiders of Africa {{Jumping-spider-stub