Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846)
State of knowledge: Accepted


groups of supergroups of genera: pending; supergroups of genera : HYLLOIDA; groups of genera: HARMOCHIRINES;

Comments: Type species, identification of some specimens & drawings require second check

Distribution: Africa; Nigeria: Calabar, Ibadan, Mokwa Game Reserve; Zimbabwe; Asia; Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Israel; Saudi Arabia; Yemen; Atlantic Is; Cape Verde Is.; Europe; France: Corsica, Southern; Greece: Crete; Italy: Sicily; Portugal; Spain.


Important publication(s)
Logunov D.V. 2000d [2001a] Redefinition of the Genus Bianor Peckham et Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. ( Aranei: Salticidae ). Arthropoda Selecta, Moscow 2001a: 225-231, illustrations 3, 4-8, 13-27, 36-46
Diagnostic illustrations used by permission of the © Editor of the Arthropoda Selecta .
Diagnostic illustration used by permision Logunov, D.V.

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny

Publications using actual name combination:
Simon 1937: 1218, 1265, illustrations 1952-1953; Andreeva 1975a: 339; Prószyński 1976:, illustrations map 125; Andreeva 1976: 90; Cantarella 1982a: 56, illustrations 1-2; Nenilin 1984c: 134; Prószyński 1989: 32, illustrations 1-2 - identif. provisional; Wesołowska 1989a: 265, illustrations 6-10; Hansen 1991: 16, illustrations 18; Metzner 1999: 118-119, 237, illustrations 83a-i, map 90; Alicata, Cantarella 2000: 78(2): 485-498; Logunov 2000d [2001a]: 2001a: 225-231, illustrations 3, 4-8, 13-27, 36-46; Logunov, Marusik, Mozaffarian 2001 [2002]: 10(2): 156; Logunov, Guseinov 2001 [2002]: 10(3): 246; Logunov, Chatzaki 2003: 7: 96; Prószyński 2003a: 39-42, illustrations 110-111, 113-114, 117-118, 120-121 - synonym Bianor putus; Logunov, Zamanpoore 2005: 13(6): 217; Trotta 2005: 83: 173, illustrations 414-415; Wesołowska, van Harten 2007: 23: 192-193, illustrations 4-6; Montardi 2007: x - on line; Morano 2007: on line; Wesołowska, Cumming 2008: 58: 171.; Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz 2008: 4: 6; Wesołowska, Russel-Smith 2011: 61(3): 564-565; Wesołowska, Edwards 2012: 62(4): 738; Caleb 2014: online;

Synonyms and combinations (:)
Salticus albobimaculatus Lucas 1846: 170,, illustrations T. 8, F. 10.
Plexippa albobimaculata: in Simon 1864: 326.
Attus parcus Simon 1868: 582.
Attus albobimaculatus: in Simon 1871: 223.
Salticus putus Pickard-Cambridge O. 1872: 326.
Eris albobimaculata: in Simon 1876: 198.
Eris albobimaculatus: in Peckham Peckham 1896: 178, illustrations pl. 16, f. 12.
Ericulus albobimaculatus: in Kulczyński 1901b: 4.
Bianor rusticulus Peckham Peckham 1903: 215, illustrations T. 24, F. 12 synonymy by Logunov 2001.
Bianor putus: in Reimoser 1919: 110 Unambigous Synonym.
Bianor scutatus Wesołowska van Harten 1994: 14, illustrations 31-36 Unambigous Synonym synonymy by Logunov 2001.
Bianor pulchellus Wesołowska van Harten 1994: 16, illustrations 28-30 Unambigous Synonym synonymy by Logunov 2001.
Bianor pulchellus Schmidt Krause 1998: 426, illustrations 7 Misapplied Name.

Collections:(Source: Prószyński J. 1971 b /2003b Internet): FIRENZE . FRANKFURT a/M ; GENOVA B. albomaculatus ; HARVARD rusticulus TYPE(S) ; JERUSALEM ; KOBENHAVN ; LONDON B. a. (!) ; LUND ; OXFORD Salticus a., Salticus putus ; PARIS ; STOCKHOLM ; WIEN ; (Source: Richman D.B. 2007 Personal information): Las Cruces . (Source: 2007 personal comm.): BERLIN .

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Proszynski 2003a . Ann. zool.,39-42, figs 110. By courtesy


B. albobimaculatus. Israel. Proszynski 2003a . Ann. zool.,39-42, figs 113-114,21. By courtesy


Proszynski 2003a . Ann. zool., 39-42, figs 111,. By courtesy


Proszynski 2003a . Ann. zool.,39-42, fig.117. By courtesy


B. albobimaculatus. Israel. Copulatory ducts and spermatheca, ventral view. Proszynski 2003a . Ann. zool.,39-42, fig. 120. By courtesy


B. albobimaculatus. Israel. Copulatory ducts and spermatheca, dorsal view. Proszynski 2003a . Ann. zool.,39-42, fig. 120. By courtesy


Wesolowska W. 1989a. Ann. Mus. Civico Stor. Nat., Genoa, 87: 265, figs 6-10. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000] . Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


Logunov D.V. 2001 [2000]. Arthropoda Selecta, 9 (4): 225-2231, figs. 4- 8, 13-18, 19-27, 36-46. By courtesy


B. pulchellus - Wesolowska, van Harten 1994. 86: 14-15, fig. 28-30. By courtesy


Bianor putus -O. P.-C. coll. Oxford ("64" jar 1739, Palestine) - from Proszynski 2003b-Internet


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Yemen? Bianor -misidentified? Copyright © and phot by B. Knoflach. By courtesy


Yemen? Bianor -misidentified? Copyright © and phot by B. Knoflach. By courtesy


Wesolowska W., van Harten A. 2007. Fauna of Arabia, 23: 3-5, f 4-6. By courtesy


Salticus albobimaculatus Lucas 1846: 157, t 8, f 10. Received by courtesy of Dr. Joan Jass.


Bianor albobimaculatus [?] India: Tamil Nadu. ©Photo J. Caleb. By courtesy.


Bianor albobimaculatus [?] India: Tamil Nadu. ©Photo J. Caleb. By courtesy.


Bianor albobimaculatus [?] India: Tamil Nadu. ©Photo J. Caleb. By courtesy.