{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Ligonipes | authority = Karsch, 1878<ref name=WSC_g2744/> | diversity = 6 species | diversity_link = #Species | type_species = ''Ligonipes illustris'' | type_species_authority = Karsch, 1878<ref name=WSC_g2744/> | subdivision = See text. | subdivision_ranks = Species }}

'''''Ligonipes''''' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Five of the six described species are found in the Australian region, the exception being ''Ligonipes similis'', recorded as being from Sumatra.<ref name=WSC_g2744/> Their body form mimics ants.

''L. semitectus'' is a very common spider in Queensland, Australia. Males are 4&nbsp;mm long, females 5&nbsp;mm. There has been no information about ''L. similis'' (formerly in genus ''Rhombonotus'') since its original description in 1882.<ref name=Murp00p272/>

==Species== {{As of|2017|04}}, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:<ref name=WSC_g2744/> * ''Ligonipes flavipes'' <small>Rainbow, 1920</small> – Norfolk Island * ''Ligonipes illustris'' <small>Karsch, 1878</small> – Queensland * ''Ligonipes lacertosus'' <small>(Thorell, 1881)</small> – Queensland * ''Ligonipes semitectus'' <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> – Queensland * ''Ligonipes similis'' <small>(Hasselt, 1882)</small> – Sumatra * ''Ligonipes synageloides'' <small>(Szombathy, 1915)</small> – New Guinea

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Murp00p272>{{Cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Frances |last2=Murphy |first2=John |date=2000 |title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia |publication-place=Kuala Lumpur |publisher=Malaysian Nature Society |isbn=978-983-9681-17-8 |name-list-style=amp }} p. 272.</ref>

<ref name=WSC_g2744>{{cite web |title=Gen. ''Ligonipes'' Karsch, 1878 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2744 |accessdate=2017-04-24 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== * Richardson, B.J.; Zabka, M.; Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. (2006). "Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia". ''Journal of Biogeography'' '''33'''(4): 707-719. {{doi|10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01405.x}}

==External links== * Find-a-Spider: ''[http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/454.htm Ligonipes semitectus]''

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Category:Salticidae Category:Salticidae genera Category:Spiders of Australia Category:Spiders of Asia

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