Ligonipes

Ligonipes is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Five of the six described species are found in the Australian region, the exception being Ligonipes similis, recorded as being from Sumatra.^[1] Their body form mimics ants.

Ligonipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Ligonipes Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species
Ligonipes illustris Karsch, 1878[1]
Species
See text.
Diversity
6 species

L. semitectus is a very common spider in Queensland, Australia. Males are 4 mm long, females 5 mm. There has been no information about L. similis (formerly in genus Rhombonotus) since its original description in 1882.^[2]

Species

As of April 2017^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Ligonipes flavipes Rainbow, 1920 – Norfolk Island
• Ligonipes illustris Karsch, 1878 – Queensland
• Ligonipes lacertosus (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland
• Ligonipes semitectus (Simon, 1900) – Queensland
• Ligonipes similis (Hasselt, 1882) – Sumatra
• Ligonipes synageloides (Szombathy, 1915) – New Guinea