''Langerra'' 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 Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. While ''L. oculina'' is only known from females, only the male of ''L. longicymbia'' has been described.Platnick 2007 The first ''L. oculina'' was beaten from bushes in forest of Vietnam. It was four millimeters long. Its carapace is orange-brown with a lighter patch towards the posterior margin. Around the front median eyes it is dark brown, the other eyes are surrounded black. The grey

opisthosoma The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax). It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum Chelicerata (arachnids, horseshoe crabs and others). Although it is similar in most respects to a ...

darkens posteriorly. The first two pairs of legs are dark orange with yellow tarsi, the other two pairs are lighter.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 293

Species

* '' Langerra longicymbia'' Song & Chai, 1991 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

* '' Langerra oculina'' Zabka, 1985 – China,

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

Footnotes

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''. Salticidae Spiders of Asia Salticidae genera {{Salticidae-stub