Langona is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Langona species are similar to those of the genus Aelurillus.[1] In 2015, it was listed in the subtribe Aelurillina. The subtribe is allocated to the tribe Aelurillini in the clade Saltafresia.[2] In 2017, it was grouped with nine other genera of jumping spiders under the name Aelurillines.[3]

Langona
Langona tartarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Subfamily:Salticinae
Tribe:Aelurillini
Genus:Langona
Simon, 1901
Type species
Attus redii
Audouin, 1826
Species

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Species

As of May 2023, the genus contains 45 species:[4]

  • Langona albolinea Caleb & Mathai, 2015India
  • Langona alfensis Heciak & Prószynski, 1983Sudan
  • Langona aperta (Denis, 1958)Afghanistan
  • Langona atrata Peng & Li, 2008China
  • Langona avara Peckham & Peckham, 1903Southern Africa
  • Langona bethae Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Botswana, Zimbabwe
  • Langona bhutanica Prószynski, 1978Bhutan, China
  • Langona biangula Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 – China
  • Langona bisecta Lawrence, 1927Namibia
  • Langona bitumorata Próchniewicz & Heciak, 1994Tanzania
  • Langona bristowei Berland & Millot, 1941West, Central Africa
  • Langona davidi (Caleb, Mungkung & Mathai, 2015) – India
  • Langona fusca Wesołowska, 2011Zimbabwe
  • Langona goaensis Prószynski, 1992India
  • Langona hirsuta Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
  • Langona hongkong Song et al., 1997Hong Kong
  • Langona improcera Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
  • Langona kurracheensis Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – India
  • Langona lotzi Wesołowska, 2011 – Lesotho, South Africa
  • Langona maculata Peng, Li & Yang, 2004 – China
  • Langona magna Caporiacco, 1947East Africa
  • Langona maindroni (Simon, 1886)Senegal
  • Langona mallezi (Denis, 1947)Egypt
  • Langona manicata Simon, 1901 – South Africa
  • Langona mediocris Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe
  • Langona minima Caporiacco, 1949Kenya
  • Langona oreni Prószynski, 2000Israel
  • Langona pallida Prószynski, 1993Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan
  • Langona pallidula Logunov & Rakov, 1998Turkmenistan
  • Langona pattayensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2020Thailand
  • Langona pecten Próchniewicz & Heciak, 1994 – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Langona pilosa Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
  • Langona recta Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
  • Langona redii (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel, Syria
  • Langona sabulosa Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia
  • Langona senegalensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal
  • Langona simoni Heciak & Prószynski, 1983 – India
  • Langona tartarica (Charitonov, 1946)Central Asia, China
  • Langona tigrina (Simon, 1885) – India
  • Langona tortuosa Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
  • Langona trifoveolata (Lessert, 1927)Congo basin
  • Langona ukualuthensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
  • Langona vitiosa Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
  • Langona warchalowskii Wesołowska, 2007 – South Africa
  • Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 – Zimbabwe

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