Biology:Bindax

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Bindax
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Bindax
Thorell, 1892[1]
Type species
B. chalcocephalus
(Thorell, 1877)
Species
  • B. chalcocephalus (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • (Pocock, 1898) – Solomon Is. B. oscitans
Synonyms[1]
  • Eustirognathus Pocock, 1898[2]

Bindax is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1892.[3] (As of June 2019) it contains only two species, found only on the Solomon Islands and Sulawesi: B. chalcocephalus and B. oscitans.[1] The name is derived from Βίνδαξ, according to Thorell, a masculine name.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Bindax Thorell, 1892. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2543. Retrieved 2019-07-05. 
  2. Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach. p. 25. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Thorell, T. (1892). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1–490. 

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