Hermippus (spider)

Hermippus is a genus of ant eating spiders in the family Zodariidae, containing twelve species restricted to Asia and parts of Africa.^[1] Three new species were discovered in 2014.^[2][3][4][5]

Hermippus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Hermippus Simon, 1893
Type species
Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893
Species
See text
Diversity
12 species

Species

• Hermippus affinis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, Somalia
• Hermippus arcus Jocqué, 1989 — Tanzania
• Hermippus arjuna (Gravely, 1921) — India
• Hermippus cruciatus Simon, 1905 — India, Sri Lanka
• Hermippus gavi Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
• Hermippus globosus Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
• Hermippus inflexus Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
• Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893 — Central, Southern Africa
• Hermippus minutus Jocqué, 1986 — Zimbabwe
• Hermippus schoutedeni Lessert, 1938 — Kenya
• Hermippus septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942 — South Africa
• Hermippus tenebrosus Jocqué, 1986 — South Africa