Ligdus Explained

Ligdus is a genus of jumping spiders found in Burma and India. It contains only one species, Ligdus chelifer.^[1]

The species was described in 1896 from a single female specimen. Eugène Simon thought it to be close to Copocrossa.^[2] The habitus of an immature specimen, already showing the large spiny front legs, was drawn by Proszynski in 1984. It was thought to have only one species, until another species was found in India.^[3]

Species

• L. chelifer Thorell, 1895 – India
• L. garvale Caleb, 2004 – India

References

• (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

• (1984): Diagnostic drawings of less well known Salticidae/Araneae, an atlas. WSRP, Siedlce, Poland.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salticidae. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2017-04-17.
2. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 271
3. Caleb . John T.D. . Shree . A. Divya . Kumar . Lohith . Abhijith . A.P.C. . 2024-05-13 . Reviving Ligdus Thorell, 1895: Description of a new species from India, 129 years since the establishment of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballini) . Zootaxa . 5448 . 3 . 446–450 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.8 . 1175-5334.