''Langelurillus'' is a
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
genus
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of the family
Salticidae (jumping spiders). All the described species occur only in
Africa
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Species
, the World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted the following species:[
*'' Langelurillus alboguttatus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
*'' Langelurillus cedarbergensis'' Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013 – South Africa
*'' Langelurillus furcatus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Kenya, Tanzania
*'' Langelurillus holmi'' Próchniewicz, 1994 – Kenya
*'' Langelurillus horrifer'' Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 – Guinea
*'' Langelurillus ignorabilis'' Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe
*'' Langelurillus kenyaensis'' Dawidowicz & Wesolowska, 2016 – Kenya
*'' Langelurillus krugeri'' Wesolowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
*'' Langelurillus lacteus'' Sanap, Joglekar & Caleb, 2017 – India
*'' Langelurillus manifestus'' Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
*'' Langelurillus minutus'' Wesolowska & Cumming, 2011 – Namibia, Zimbabwe
*'' Langelurillus namibicus'' Wesolowska, 2011 – Namibia, South Africa
*'' Langelurillus nigritus'' (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
*'' Langelurillus onyx'' Sanap, Joglekar & Caleb, 2017 – India
*'' Langelurillus orbicularis'' Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe
*'' Langelurillus primus'' Próchniewicz, 1994 (]type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
) – Kenya
*'' Langelurillus quadrimaculatus'' Wesolowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
*'' Langelurillus rufus'' (Lessert, 1925) – Ethiopia, Tanzania
*'' Langelurillus sibandai'' Wesolowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe
*'' Langelurillus spinosus'' Próchniewicz, 1994 – Kenya
*'' Langelurillus squamiger'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
References
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Africa
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