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Bianor

Bianor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Pelleninae
Genus: Bianor
Peckham & Peckham, 1886
Type species
Scythropa maculata
Keyserling, 1883
Species

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Diversity
27 species

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Bianor is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with a size between 3 and 4 mm (0.12 and 0.16 in).

The genus name is derived from Bianor, the mythical son of Hercules.

A boreal species, dark and shiny and robust. The robust shiny body and northerly distribution are distinctive. The male spider can be easily recognized by his swollen fore legs; females have orange legs.


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