Bocus
| Bocus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmarachninae |
| Genus: | Bocus Peckham & Peckham, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Bocus excelsus Peckham & Peckham, 1892 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Bocus is a genus of jumping spiders with three described species. They occur in the Philippines and Borneo and are indistinguishable from the related genus Myrmarachne without the help of a microscope.[1]
Species
- Bocus angusticollis Deeleman-Reinhold & Floren, 2003 — Borneo
- Bocus excelsus Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Philippines
- Bocus philippinensis Wanless, 1978 — Philippines
Footnotes
- ↑ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 304
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs with mimicked ant species
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