Hispo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Hisponinae
Genus: Hispo
Species: H. alboclypea – H. alboguttata – H. bipartita – H. cingulata – H. frenata – H. georgius – H. macfarlanei – H. pullata – H. striolata – H. sulcata – H. tenuis
Name

Hispo Simon, 1886

Type species: Hispo cingulata Simon, 1886
Synonyms

Astaenorchestes Simon, 1900
Pseudomarengo Caporiacco, 1947
Quekettia Peckham & Peckham, 1902

References

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Hispo

Hispo is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).[1]

Species of Hispo range in body length from 5 to 7 mm in females, and 3 to 4 in males.[2]
Distribution

Most species are found in Madagascar, with others found in Africa and the Seychelles.[1] These parts were mostly connected during the time of Gondwana, or lie close.
Species

As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1981 – Seychelles
Hispo cingulata Simon, 1885 – Madagascar
Hispo frenata (Simon, 1900) – Madagascar
Hispo georgius (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – Central, East and Southern Africa, Madagascar
Hispo macfarlanei Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
Hispo pullata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
Hispo striolata Simon, 1898 – Seychelles
Hispo sulcata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
Hispo tenuis Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar

References

"Gen. Hispo Simon, 1886", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-07
Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society, p. 273f, ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8