Hermippus (spider)

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

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]}

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , these are the species in the genus: ^[1]

• 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
• Hermippus valentinus Logghe & Jocqué, 2023 — Tanzania

References

1. "Gen. Hermippus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
2. Sankaran, PM; Jobi, MJ; Joseph, MM; Sebastian, PA (2014). "On the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae, Zodariinae) in India with the description of three new species from the Western Ghats and proposing a new biogeographical hypothesis for the distribution of the genus". Zootaxa. 3893 (1): 114–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.5. PMID   25544514.
3. Jocqué, R. (1986). "A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae)". Journal of Natural History. 20: 7–22. doi:10.1080/00222938600770021.
4. "SH Team Spots Four New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
5. Jocque, R. (Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika (1988). "A new African species and other new records of Hermippus (Araneae Zodariidae) [1988]". Biologisch Jaarboek - Dodonaea (Belgium). Retrieved 28 April 2016.