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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Hisponinae |
| Genus: | Hispo Simon, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Hispo cingulata Simon, 1885 | |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 9 species | |
Hispo is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Species of Hispo range in body length from 5 to 7 mm in females, and 3 to 4 in males.
Distribution
Most species are found in Madagascar, with others found in Africa and the Seychelles. These parts were mostly connected during the time of Gondwana, or lie close.
Species
As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
- Hispo alboclypea Wanless, 1981 – Seychelles
- Hispo cingulata Simon, 1885 – Madagascar
- Hispo frenata (Simon, 1900) – Madagascar
- Hispo georgius (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – Central, East and Southern Africa, Madagascar
- Hispo macfarlanei Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
- Hispo pullata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
- Hispo striolata Simon, 1898 – Seychelles
- Hispo sulcata Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
- Hispo tenuis Wanless, 1981 – Madagascar
References
- ^ "Gen. Hispo Simon, 1886", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-07
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000), An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society, p. 273f, ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8
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