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OUT OF DATE CLASSIFICATORY SYSTEMS -Simon's classification - Petrunkevich synthesis-1928 - Bonnet's list of subfamilies - Prószynski's revision of subfamilies 1976.

Monograph of the Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2014. Introduction to alternative classification of Salticidae

Classification of the Salticidae genera of the World
group of genera

BELIPPINES
by Jerzy Prószyński
Version December 31st, 2015
Disclaimer,This is a work in progress, continually being developed and revised. Proposed taxonomic names included here are not valid unless subsequently published in accepted taxonomic papers. Note on illustrations. This introduction to classification of Salticidae includes only species with diagnostic illustrations in the taxonomic literature, arranged by similarities of embolus and spermophor. Images are displayed as thumbnails to save space and allow for rapid scanning of theoretically closely related species. Thumbnails are small versions of illustrations in other parts of the monograph, whera are displayed together with particulars of their sources and permissions

Gen. Belippo Simon, 1909 (11 species)

Type species Belippo anguina Simon, 1909.
DIAGNOSIS. Palp with sickle like sclerotized apophysis, sitting on membranous basis. Male chelicerae not enlarged, cheliceral teeth making a compact group (or multicone tooth on mutual basis) located on transverse swelling of the retrolateral edge. Tibia I not broadened. . Copulatory ducts very long and making complicated loops. Other characters comparable with both LIGONIPEINES and MYRMARACHNINES.
DESCRIPTION. Tibial apophysis unique, "sickle" like, sclerotized, sitting on elastic, membranous basis. Abdomen bag-shaped, indistinctly constricted (Fig. 6), pedicel visible from above but short, carapace with gently sloping thorax, without distinct constriction. Chelicerae porrect, ventrally lobate in both sexes, with 5-8 small teeth. Epigyne comparable in general outlook with MYRMARACHNINES. Spermathecae in a form of long, thin "pipes" terminated anteriorly by a small, globular chamber, copulatory ducts membranous and very long, make complicated coils (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 186-187, figs 36-42).
REMARKS. Extensive characteristics of the genus is given by Wanless [1978:, P. 5-7], but satisfactory drawing of internal structure of epigyne, visible on cleared and stained preparation, was given only recently by Wesołowska and Haddad (opus cited).
REFERENCES. Wesolowska W., Haddad C.R. 2013. Vol. 54. N. 1. P. 186-187. Figs 15, 36–42.
Wanless F.R. 1978a. Vol. 33. N. 1. P. 5-7.

Figs 82-88. Diagnostic characters of Belippo meridionalis. 82- 83 - epigyne and its internal structure; 84-86 - male palp: ventral, lateral view and tibia; 87-88 - chelicerae of male. From Africa, after Wesolowska & Haddad [2013].

Belippo attenuata : Wesołowska, Haddad, 2014. Two chambered spermatheca divided by "pipes" seems to be particularly interesting for evolutionary considerations.
Belippo pulchra. Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: Genus: 24(3-4): 462-464, f 5-9, 73-74. By courtesy.
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Belippo anguina +b) nexilis.Wanless 1978a., Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 7-9, f. 4a,b, d +b)9, f. 4c, e-g . By courtesy.
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Belippo milloti. Wanless 1978a., Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): +b) Wesołowska, Edwards 2012. Ann. zool.: 62(4): 738, f 17–24 + Wesolowska, Wiśniewski, 2015. Zootaxa, 3980(4): 552, f. 22-23. © Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Belippo ibadan.Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 11, f. 6 a-l +b ) Wesołowska, Russel-Smith 2011. Ann. zool. 61(3): 563-564, f 35-39 +c) By courtesy.
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Belippo calcarata. Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 11, f. 6 a-l +b ) Wesolowska, Wiśniewski, 2015. Zootaxa, 3980(4): 549, f. 2-11. ©Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
Belippo elgonensis Wesolowska, Wiśniewski, 2015. Zootaxa, 3980(4): 551, f. 12-21. © Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
Belippo terribilis Wesolowska, Wiśniewski, 2015. Zootaxa, 3980(4): 553, f. 24-30. © Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Belippo viettei b) cygniformis. Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 10-11, f. 5a-g +b) Wesołowska, Russel-Smith. By courtesy.