Hermosa (spider) explained

Hermosa is a genus of jumping spiders first described by G. W. Peckham and E. G. Peckham in 1892, and synonymized with Myrmarachne in 1901. In 2016, Jerzy Prószyński split up Myrmarachne, creating nine new genera, all with names beginning "Myrm". However, it turned out that Myrmavola volatilis, the type species of Myrmavola, was also the type species of Hermosa, and Myrmavola was made a junior synonym. It is part of the Myrmarachnini tribe within the Salticoida clade of Salticinae.

Species

it contains seven species:

• H. andrewi (Wanless, 1978) – Congo, Angola
• H. brevichelicera (Yamasaki & Ahmad, 2013) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• H. christae (Prószyński, 2001) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• H. galianoae (Prószyński, 2001) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• H. volatilis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892 (type) – Madagascar, China, Vietnam
• H. yamanei (Yamasaki, 2012) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• H. yamasakii (Prószyński, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)

See also

• Myrmarachne
• Damoetas
• List of Salticidae genera

Further reading

• Prószyński. J.. 2017. Ecologica Montenegrina. Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). 12. 1–133. 10.37828/em.2017.12.1. free.
• Prószyński. J.. 2016. Ecologica Montenegrina. Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world. 7. 4–32. 10.37828/em.2016.7.1. free.
• Yamasaki. T.. Ahmad. A. H.. 2013. Zootaxa. Taxonomic study of the genus Myrmarachne of Borneo (Araneae: Salticidae). 3710. 6. 501–556. 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.6.1. 26106709.