Orsima
Sign in to saveOrsima is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. it contains only three species, found only in Africa, Indonesia, and Malaysia: O. constricta, O. ichneumon, and O. thaleri. O. ichneumon was considered a Polyrhachis ant mimic in reverse, but this theory was later dismissed.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySalticidae
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Orsima is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. it contains only three species, found only in Africa, Indonesia, and Malaysia: O. constricta, O. ichneumon, and O. thaleri. O. ichneumon was considered a Polyrhachis ant mimic in reverse, but this theory was later dismissed.
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