Harmochirus insulanus
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| Harmochirus insulanus | |
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| from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Harmochirus |
| Species: | H. insulanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Harmochirus insulanus (Kishida, 1914) | |
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Harmochirus insulanus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Harmochirus. It was originally described as Chirothecia insulana by Kishida in 1914 and was transferred to its current genus by Logunov, Ikeda & Ono in 1997.[1]
The species was initially described by Kishida in 1914 as Chirothecia insulana, but this description was omitted from all previous catalogs.[2] For many years, specimens of this species were misidentified as either Harmochirus brachiatus or Harmochirus pullus by various authors.[1] The confusion was resolved in 1997 when Logunov, Ikeda & Ono transferred the species from Chirothecia to Harmochirus and distinguished it from the closely related H. brachiatus.[1]
