Hermippus (spider)
| Hermippus | |
|---|---|
| H. tenebrosus | |
| H. loricatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Hermippus Simon, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893
| |
| Species | |
| Diversity | |
| 13 species | |
Hermippus is a genus of ant eating spiders in the family Zodariidae, containing thirteen species restricted to Asia and parts of Africa.[1] Three new species were discovered in 2014.[2][3][4][5]
Species
As of September 2025, this genus includes thirteen species:[1]
- Hermippus affinis Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, Somalia
- Hermippus arcus Jocqué, 1989 – Tanzania
- Hermippus arjuna (Gravely, 1921) – India
- Hermippus cruciatus Simon, 1905 – India, Sri Lanka
- Hermippus gavi Sankaran, Jobi, Joseph & Sebastian, 2014 – India
- Hermippus globosus Sankaran, Jobi, Joseph & Sebastian, 2014 – India
- Hermippus inflexus Sankaran, Jobi, Joseph & Sebastian, 2014 – India
- Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893 – DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa (type species)
- Hermippus minutus Jocqué, 1986 – Zimbabwe
- Hermippus schoutedeni Lessert, 1938 – Kenya
- Hermippus septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942 – Mozambique, South Africa
- Hermippus tenebrosus Jocqué, 1986 – South Africa
- Hermippus valentinus Logghe & Jocqué, 2023 – Tanzania
References
- ^ a b "Genus Hermippus". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Sankaran, PM; Jobi, MJ; Joseph, MM; Sebastian, PA (2014). "On the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae, Zodariinae) in India with the description of three new species from the Western Ghats and proposing a new biogeographical hypothesis for the distribution of the genus". Zootaxa. 3893 (1): 114–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.5. PMID 25544514.
- ^ Jocqué, R. (1986). "A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae)". Journal of Natural History. 20 (1): 7–22. Bibcode:1986JNatH..20....7J. doi:10.1080/00222938600770021.
- ^ "SH Team Spots Four New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Jocque, R. (Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika (1988). "A new African species and other new records of Hermippus (Araneae Zodariidae) [1988]". Biologisch Jaarboek - Dodonaea (Belgium). Retrieved 28 April 2016.