Brancus
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Brancus | |
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Scientific classification | |
: | [[Template:Taxonomy/Brancus]] Simon, 1902[1] |
Type species | |
B. muticus Simon, 1902
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Species | |
16, see text |
Brancus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2]
Species[edit]
As of June 2019[update] it contains sixteen species, found only in Africa, Sri Lanka, and India:[1]
- Brancus besanconi (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Nigeria
- Brancus blaisei Simon, 1902 – West Africa
- Brancus calebi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018 – India, Sri Lanka
- Brancus fuscimanus (Simon, 1903) – West Africa
- Brancus hemmingi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Brancus lacrimosus Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
- Brancus mondoni (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Ivory Coast, Nigeria
- Brancus mustelus (Simon, 1902) – East, Southern Africa
- Brancus muticus Simon, 1902 (type) – Central, West, Southern Africa
- Brancus nigeriensis Wesolowska & Edwards, 2012 – Nigeria
- Brancus niveimanus (Simon, 1902) – West Africa
- Brancus occidentalis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Brancus peckhamorum (Lessert, 1927) – Guinea, Nigeria, Congo
- Brancus poecilus Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Brancus signatus Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
- Brancus verdieri Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Brancus Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1902). "Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. LI. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 71: 389–421.