Bianor senegalensis
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| Bianor senegalensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Bianor |
| Species: | B. senegalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bianor senegalensis Logunov, 2001 | |
Bianor senegalensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Bianor that lives in Senegal. It was first described in 2001 by Dmitri Logunov. Only the male has been described. The spider is small with a carapace that is typically 1.9 mm (0.075 in) long and an abdomen that is 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The carapace is dark russet, rough with a pattern of white scales and the abdomen grey-brown with a pattern of white patches arranged in two rows. White scales also cover part of the clypeus. The tegulum is simple and of a unique shape that enables the species to be differentiated from others in the genus.
Bianor senegalensis was first described by Dmitri Logunov in 2001.[1] He placed it in the genus Bianor, first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885.[2] Bianor is the son of Tiberinus and Manto, a Trojan killed by Agamemnon and a centaur killed by Theseus.[3] The genus was allocated to the subfamily Pelleninae, alongside the genus Pellenes.[4] It was listed in the subtribe Harmochirina in the tribe Plexippini by Wayne Maddison in 2015. These were allocated to the clade Saltafresia.[5] In 2017, the genus was grouped with nine other genera of jumping spiders under the name Harmochirines, named after the genus Harmochirus.[6] The genus is related to Sibianor.[2][7] The species is named after the country where it was found.[8]