Hamadruas Explained

Hamadruas is a genus of Asian lynx spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold in 2009.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species with an Indo-Malayan distribution:^[2]

• Hamadruas austera (Thorell, 1894) – Singapore
• Hamadruas heterosticta (Pocock, 1897) – Indonesia (Sulawesi, Moluccas)
• Hamadruas hieroglyphica (Thorell, 1887) (type) – China, Myanmar
• Hamadruas insulana (Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.)
• Hamadruas keralensis Sen & Sudhin, 2023 – India
• Hamadruas pupulus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Nias Is.)
• Hamadruas severa (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Lombok)
• Hamadruas signifera (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Java)
• Hamadruas sikkimensis (Tikader, 1970) – India, Bangladesh, China
• Hamadruas superba (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo)

See also

• List of Oxyopidae species

Notes and References

1. Deeleman-Reinhold. C. L.. 2009. Description of the lynx spiders of a canopy fogging project in northern Borneo (Araneae: Oxyopidae), with description of a new genus and six new species of Hamataliwa. Zoologische Mededelingen. 673–700. 83. Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold.
2. Gen. Hamadruas Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.