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Genus: Harmochirus Simon, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Harmochirus bianoriformis (Strand, 1907)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033693

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

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Syntype: Museum Lübeck, Germany; type material destroyed 1942 mf -

Taxonomic References

Velloa bianoriformis Strand, 1907d: 746 (Dmf) Original description

Velloa bianoriformis Strand, 1908a: 192 (mf)

Partona bianoriformis Berland & Millot, 1941: 366 (T from Velloa)

Harmochirus bianoriformis Wesołowska, 1994: 199 (T from Chirothecia; mf f. 4-13 see Harmochirus luculentus)

References

Berland, L. & Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 12: 297-423. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907d). Diagnosen neuer Spinnen aus Madagaskar und Sansibar. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 725-748. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1908a). Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna Madagaskars. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 46(2): 97-227. [[both parts in one pdf, see Strand 1907o]] -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1994). Notes on the African species of the genus Harmochirus Simon, 1885 (Aranei: Salticidae). Genus 5: 197-207. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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