Bianor

Bianor is a genus of boreal jumping spiders that can grow to 3 and 4 mm (0.12 and 0.16 in). 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 names it after the mythical son of Hercules.[2]

For other uses, see Bianor (disambiguation).
"Stichius" redirects here. For Greek myth figure, see Stichius (mythology).

Bianor
B. maculatus from Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Bianor
Peckham & Peckham, 1886[1]
Type species
B. maculatus (Keyserling, 1883)
Species

28, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Stichius

Species

As of April 2019 it contains twenty-eight species:[1]

  • 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 Jastrzebski, 2007 — India, Nepal
  • Bianor vitiensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1996 — Fiji
  • Bianor wunderlichi Logunov, 2001 — Canary Is., Azores

References
  1. "Gen. Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1886". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  2. Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1886). "Genera of the family Attidae: with a partial synonymy". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 6: 255–342.

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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