Pignus

Genus of spiders

Pignus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pignus
Wesolowska, 2000[1]
Type species
P. simoni
(Peckham & Peckham, 1903)
Species
  • P. lautissimum Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
  • P. pongola Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
  • P. simoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Zimbabwe, South Africa

Pignus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2000.[2] As of August 2019[update] it contains only three species, found only in Africa: P. lautissimum, P. pongola, and P. simoni.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Pignus Wesolowska, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ^ Wesolowska, W. (2000). "New and little known species of jumping spiders from Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arnoldia Zimbabwe. 10: 145–174.
Taxon identifiers
Pignus


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