Langona Explained

Langona is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Langona species are similar to those of the genus Aelurillus.^[1] In 2015, it was listed in the subtribe Aelurillina. The subtribe is allocated to the tribe Aelurillini in the clade Saltafresia. In 2017, it was grouped with nine other genera of jumping spiders under the name Aelurillines.

Species

As of May 2023, the genus contains 45 species:^[2]

• Langona albolinea Caleb & Mathai, 2015 – India
• Langona alfensis Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – Sudan
• Langona aperta (Denis, 1958) – Afghanistan
• Langona atrata Peng & Li, 2008 – China
• Langona avara Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Southern Africa
• Langona bethae Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Botswana, Zimbabwe
• Langona bhutanica Prószynski, 1978 – Bhutan, China
• Langona biangula Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 – China
• Langona bisecta Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Langona bitumorata Próchniewicz & Heciak, 1994 – Tanzania
• Langona bristowei Berland & Millot, 1941 – West, Central Africa
• Langona davidi (Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015) – India
• Langona fusca Wesołowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe
• Langona goaensis Prószynski, 1992 – India
• Langona hirsuta Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
• Langona hongkong Song et al., 1997 – Hong Kong
• Langona improcera Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
• Langona kurracheensis Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – India
• Langona lotzi Wesołowska, 2011 – Lesotho, South Africa
• Langona maculata Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 – China
• Langona magna Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Langona maindroni (Simon, 1886) – Senegal
• Langona mallezi (Denis, 1947) – Egypt
• Langona manicata Simon, 1901 – South Africa
• Langona mediocris Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe
• Langona minima Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
• Langona oreni Prószynski, 2000 – Israel
• Langona pallida Prószynski, 1993 – Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan
• Langona pallidula Logunov & Rakov, 1998 – Turkmenistan
• Langona pattayensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2020 – Thailand
• Langona pecten Próchniewicz & Heciak, 1994 – Kenya, Tanzania
• Langona pilosa Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
• Langona recta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
• Langona redii (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel, Syria
• Langona sabulosa Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia
• Langona senegalensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal
• Langona simoni Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – India
• Langona tartarica (Charitonov, 1946) – Central Asia, China
• Langona tigrina (Simon, 1885) – India
• Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Langona trifoveolata (Lessert, 1927) – Congo basin
• Langona ukualuthensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Langona vitiosa Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
• Langona warchalowskii Wesołowska, 2007 – South Africa
• Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe

References

• Maddison . Wayne P. . A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) . The Journal of Arachnology . 2015 . 43 . 3 . 231–292 . 10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292. 85680279 . Wayne Maddison.
• Book: Murphy . Frances . Murphy . John . 2000 . An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia . Malaysian Nature Society . Kuala Lumpur.
• Prószyński . Jerzy . 2017 . Pragmatic classification of the World's Salticidae (Araneae) . Ecologica Montenegrina . 12 . 1–133 . 10.37828/em.2017.12.1. free .

Notes and References

1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 275
2. Web site: World Spider Catalog. 2020. Langona Simon, 1901. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum. Bern. 24.0. 27 May 2023.