Enoplomischus
| Enoplomischus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Giltay, 1931[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. ghesquierei Giltay, 1931
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| Species | |
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Enoplomischus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by L. Giltay in 1931.[2] As of June 2019, it contains only two species, found only in Africa: E. ghesquierei and E. spinosus.[1] 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 ants after which these spiders seem to be modeled.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ Giltay, L. (1931). "Notes arachnologiques africaines. IV. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Leptorchestinae (Salticidae unidentati)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 21: 167–170.
- ^ Wesołowska, W. (2005). "A new species of Enoplomischus from Kenya (Araneae: Salticidae: Leptorchestinae)" (PDF). Genus. 16 (2): 307–311. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2006-07-05.