- Orsima
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Orsima Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Heliophaninae Genus: Orsima
Simon, 1901Type species Orsima constricta
Simon, 1901Species see text
Diversity 2 species Orsima is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
O. ichneumon has been suggested to be a Polyrhachis (Formicinae) ant mimic in reverse, however a recent study dismissed this[1].
Species
- Orsima constricta Simon, 1901 — West, Central Africa
- Orsima ichneumon (Simon, 1901) — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Footnotes
- ^ Edmunds 2006
References
- Edmunds, Malcolm (2006): Do Malaysian Myrmarachne associate with particular species of ant? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 645–653. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00649.x
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