''Ligdus'' is a

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found in

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and

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. It contains only two species, ''Ligdus chelifer'' and Ligdus garvale. The species was described in 1896 from a single female specimen.

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thought it to be close to '' Copocrossa''. The habitus of an immature specimen, already showing the large spiny front legs, was drawn by Proszynski in 1984. It was thought to have only one species, until another species was found in

Species

*'' L. chelifer'' Thorell, 1895 – India *'' L. garvale''

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur. * (2007)
The world spider catalog
version 8.0. ''American Museum of Natural History''.

Species

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